Palo Alto Networks
Sr NPI Reliability Engineer
$108K–$175K
Santa Clara, United States of America +1 · Yes · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, United States of America
Austin, United States of America - Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
About the job
Establishes and drives hardware reliability and quality processes through the NPI lifecycle for network security and firewall platforms, from development and qualification through production ramp.
What you'll do
- Own reliability strategy, qualification milestones, and accelerated life, stress, and environmental test plans; assess design risks and analyze test results.
- Lead failure investigations and corrective actions, and assess supplier and manufacturing risks during NPI builds.
- Build reliability metrics and dashboards, lead cross-functional readiness efforts, and scale the NPI Hardware Reliability framework.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in hardware reliability, product quality, NPI, manufacturing engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience qualifying and validating complex electronic hardware, with understanding of hardware failure mechanisms and reliability principles.
- Experience with contract manufacturers and suppliers, NPI and production ramp, and structured root-cause and failure-analysis methods.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience with networking or other complex hardware, reliability testing and analysis methods, quality systems, or field-return analysis.
Pay
$108,200.00 - $174,900.00/yr (base salary)
Tools
HALT/ALT, 8D, FMEA, FTA, DOE, Weibull, ISO 9001
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