Home Reliability Engineer

Apple Home Hardware Reliability Engineering team is looking for you to work with our diverse home hardware engineering teams. As the Reliability team we are responsible for ensuring and improving the durability and reliability of product. To achieve that we partner with multiple engineering teams from the beginning (concept) through the end (field returns) of a product lifecycle while exploring new technologies and understanding how customers will use our products. If you have a passion for constant learning and innovative engineering products you will fit right in. You will develop and implement creative reliability tests on new hardware programs quantify reliability risk support failure analysis resulting from these tests and advise the executive team on the best path forward.n

Developing new reliability test procedures and specifications while preparing concise and detailed test plans and analyzing test reports. Leveraging statistical analysis to provide comprehensive design risk assessments and presenting tests results and findings in a confident and positive manner to management and executive teams. Continuously researching new technologies to understand unique failure mechanisms while guiding design decisions and collaborating with diverse cross-functional groups to improve overall product reliability.

Developing new reliability tests procedures and specificationnPreparing concise and detailed test plans and analyzing test reportsnStatistically analyzing data to provide design risk assessmentsnPresenting tests results and risk assessments in a confident and positive manner to management and executive teamsnResearching new technologies to understand unique failure mechanismsnGuiding design and interacting with diverse groups to improve product reliabilityn

Bachelors Degree in Engineering is requiredn3 year experience performing product characterization including mechanical stress test shock/drop/vibration testing environmental testingn

3 years of experience in Systems ReliabilitynExcellent written visual and verbal communication skillsnStrong attention to detail and curiosity of how technologies worknCapable of handling multiple projects at oncenDynamic engineer with a proactive attitude and desire to work closely with domestic and international cross-functional teamsnStatistical experience such as Weibull JMP or familiarity with accelerated test modelsnFamiliar with Failure Analysis techniques (Optical Microscopy X-ray/CT Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy etc.) and the ability to use failure analysis methodology to derive a root cause of failurenConsumer electronics experience is preferred but not necessarynAbility to travel internationally (up to 10%)