Apple
Mac Reliability Engineer
Austin, Texas · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of relevant engineering experience
- Education
- MS in Materials Science, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent field
About the job
Leads board-level reliability testing and failure analysis for new Mac portables, using results to assess risk and improve product designs.
What you'll do
- Develop test plans and procedures, analyze test data, and prepare reports and design risk assessments.
- Investigate potential failure modes and determine root causes of failures.
- Collaborate with design and other teams to recommend reliability improvements and communicate results.
What they ask for
- MS in Materials Science, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent field.
- Experience performing board-level reliability testing, including mechanical stress, shock/drop/vibration, and environmental testing.
- Knowledge of failure analysis, root-cause methods, failure modes, and statistical life-data analysis.
- Knowledge of board-level design, DFM, reliability best practices, semiconductor package integration, SLI reliability, passive components, bonding materials, warpage control, and FMEA.
Nice to have
- Experience applying DOE and failure-analysis techniques such as Optical Microscopy, X-Ray, CSAM, SEM/EDS, FTIR, or XPS.
- Knowledge of industry test standards such as JEDEC, ASTM, and IEEE.
Tools
DFM (Design for Manufacturing), FMEA (Failure Modes an Effects Analysis), DOE (design of Experiments), Optical Microscopy, X-Ray, CSAM, SEM/EDS, FTIR
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