Hardware Reliability Engineer Materials

Are you passionate about the development characterization and failure analysis of innovative materials Do you ever wonder what goes into creating amazing Apple product user experiences The engineers in Apples Materials Reliability Group assess material-level reliability risks and have an influential role in guiding materials and finishes toward reliable designs for new product development. Through deep investigation and collaboration we strive to create a customer experience of enduring product are looking for an experienced individual who is passionate about: understanding how materials fail driving test development to characterize failure risk diving into failure root cause analysis and advocating for material reliability improvements. Come join our team!n

As a Materials Reliability Engineer you will assess material-level reliability risks of new product designs; and work with materials engineering and process teams to perform failure analysis and to push for design and process mitigations and controls.

Identify high risk material failure modes early in the design cycle utilizing tools like Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)nDevelop new test stress conditions based on material Physics of Failures expected user behaviors expected field stressesnAssess product-facing reliability through stress test data and material understandingnSupport failure analysis and provide design direction based on evaluation of test data and failure root cause understandingnCollaborate with design and process engineering teams to improve material reliability performancenIdentify and implement necessary equipment and specifications that are critical to validating material performance and product reliabilitynSupport vendor testing by collaborating with global teams and traveling internationally to implement reliability test solutionsnManage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high reliability standards and fast-paced testing timelines

Bachelors Degree in technical field (Engineering Physics Materials Science etc) with 3 years of industry experiencenUnderstanding of how material properties processing and structure impact product performance. Our team works on a range of materials. An expertise in a particular material area is not required as long as you are able to dive deep into learning about a new material space quicklynExperience working in or collaborating with a lab environment with a focus on understanding root cause of material failuresnExperience using statistical data analysis and the ability to communicate results from analyses clearlynAbility to identify failure root cause and potential corrective actions utilizing results from multiple data sourcesnAbility to travel internationally without restriction as needed (less than 20% of the year)n

M.S. or PhD in Materials Science Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical EngineeringnFamiliarity with failure characterizations techniques (Optical Microscopy X-ray/CT Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy etc.) and the ability to use failure analysis methodology to derive failure root causenExperience with Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and reliability prediction modelingnExperience with statistical tools such as Weibull JMP or familiarity with accelerated test modelsnFamiliarity with one of the following material types: anodized aluminum titanium precision glass PVD coatings optical materialsnInterest in developing new tests and methodologies for replicating and validating complex failure modesnCollaborative approach to working with other teamsn