Apple
Operations Reliability Engineer
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- BS in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Reliability, Materials, Optical, Industrial or similar)
About the job
Guides reliability risk management and testing for Apple components and products, from design through production ramp and ongoing manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Lead operational readiness and Ongoing Reliability Testing to support production ramp and scale.
- Drive cross-functional investigation of reliability issues, root-cause analysis, and validated corrective actions.
- Develop improved testing and explore big data and machine learning for reliability testing and early warning systems.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of reliability testing experience, including mechanical stress, environmental, and fatigue testing, plus failure analysis and material characterization techniques.
- BS in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Reliability, Materials, Optical, Industrial or similar).
Nice to have
- MS/PhD in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Reliability, Materials, Optical, Industrial or similar).
- Knowledge of reliability and accelerated test models, industry standards, DOE, FMEA, and statistical/data analytics.
Pay
USD $150,400 to $277,600 base salary
Tools
Optical Microscopy, X-Ray, SEM/EDS, FTIR, XPS, JEDEC, MIL, ASTM
AI focus
Investigate use of big data and machine learning to enhance reliability testing and create early warning systems.
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