Cisco Product Reliability Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

321986541

The application window is expected to close on 3/26/25

Your Impact

As a Product Reliability Engineer – Quality, you will lead all aspects of product qualification, ensuring our products meet the highest reliability standards.

• Own reliability test plans for new products, including sample testing and full qualification prior to volume production release.
• Perform reliability evaluation of IC products, packages, and process technology with a focus on suitability to end applications and conformance to industry standards.
• Coordinate and conduct reliability testing for Silicon One ASICs in internal/external laboratories.
• Work with suppliers and partners to perform reliability qualification of third-party key components.
• Support HTOL, biased HAST, and ESD/LU bring-up and debug for reliability qualification and evaluation.
• Lead failure analysis investigations using structured problem-solving methods to diagnose, resolve, and prevent future problems.
• Lead technical problem-solving team efforts with a data-driven approach such as Cause and Effect diagrams, 8D, and 5-Whys.
• Analyze reliability results, device parameter trends, and apply acceleration models to predict reliability in the field.
• Evaluate and perform reliability risk assessment.
• Collaborate with design, foundry interface, package, test, and product engineers to qualify new processes and package technologies to ensure design performance quality.
• Issue internal and external product qualification reports.
• Proactively engage in reliability resource planning to support new product and ongoing reliability monitor projects.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A technical background in Semiconductor IC Engineering.
• Experience in reliability testing and qualification.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to manage sensitive situations effectively and calmly.
• Comfortable engaging with all levels of the organization and multi-functional stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven problem-solving skills using data-driven approaches.
• Experience with industry-standard reliability tests and methods.
• Familiarity with acceleration models for reliability prediction.
• Experience with technical report writing and documentation.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams in reliability efforts.

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