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Principal Reliability Engineer

MACOM


Job Location:

Lowell, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 98000 - 166000
Posted: 22 August 2026 (21 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 19 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell Massachusetts MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers Si GaAs and InP fabrication manufacturing assembly and test and operational facilities throughout North America Europe and Asia. Viewour facilities at In addition MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

Principal ReliabilityEngineer

JobDescription:
As asuccessful candidate you will be a key member of our laser group and beresponsible for performing and managing reliability and qualification will help to successfully introduce qualified products to (AI) DatacentersTelecommunications and other emerging optical markets. You will be challengedby bringing in your knowledge in III-V semiconductor reliability to helpimprove overall quality. We provide you with an agile environment where yourbroad skill set will be utilized and further developed.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage new product qualification programs as well as ongoing reliability test programs on released products.
  • Perform DOEs to optimize BurnIn.
  • Provide schedules and execute towards timely product qualifications.
  • Hold a biweekly reliability meeting.
  • Work closely aligned with the design and the product engineering team and alongside corporate quality and its FA team.
  • Manage communications with packaging CMs for reliability builds.
  • Improve and add to currently available FA analysis techniques.

Requirements:

  • PhD or MS in Material Science Engineering Physics or equivalent discipline
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in material science or reliability of III-V opto-electronic devices.
  • Excellent familiarity with failure mode analysis techniques and the physics of failure modes in III-V materials.
  • Excellent familiarity with GR468 and JEDEC standards for optical device qualification.
  • Self-motivated with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Due to ITAR regulations onlycandidates who are U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens U.S. nationals lawfulpermanent residents or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will beconsidered for this position.

The Salary Range for this position is $98000 $166000. Actualsalary offered to candidate will depend on several factors including but notlimited to work location relevant candidates experience education andspecific knowledge skills and abilities.

EEO:

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to adiverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or jobapplicant on the basis of race color religion sex gender identity sexualorientation national origin age disability genetic information veteranstatus military service marital status or any other category protected underapplicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:

MACOM is committed to working with and providingreasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mentaldisabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonableaccommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call1- or email Provide your name phone number andthe position title and location in which you are interested and nature ofaccommodation needed and we will get back to you. We also work with currentemployees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform theessential functions of their jobs.


Required Experience:

Staff IC


About Company

MACOM designs and manufactures high-performance semiconductor products for the Telecommunications, Industrial and Defense, and Data Center industries.

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