Qualcomm
Senior / Staff Reliability Engineer
$132K–$198K
San Diego, California · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years with a Bachelor’s degree, 3+ years with a Master’s degree, or 2+ years with a PhD; 1+ year of technical leadership applies only to positions with direct reports.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Leads reliability strategy and qualification for semiconductor and hardware products, using risk assessment, failure analysis, and statistical modeling to improve product reliability across development.
What you'll do
- Lead reliability qualifications and develop risk-based validation strategies.
- Perform failure analysis and statistical reliability modeling to guide product and technology decisions.
- Drive cross-functional reliability improvements and lead complex programs, including mentoring engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or related field, or a Master’s or PhD in those fields.
- Reliability Engineering experience: 4+ years with a Bachelor’s, 3+ years with a Master’s, or 2+ years with a PhD.
- 1+ year in a technical leadership role, only for positions with direct reports.
Nice to have
- Experience with reliability qualification, risk assessment methods such as DFMEA/PFMEA, reliability physics, statistical analysis, or industry standards.
- Experience with semiconductor or electronic system technologies and tools such as JMP, ReliaSoft, Python, MATLAB, or Minitab.
Pay
$131,800.00 - $197,800.00 (base salary)
Tools
DFMEA, PFMEA, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), JEDEC, IEC, Telcordia, JMP, ReliaSoft
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