Reliability Engineer

Position: Reliability Engineer - ReliaSoft/BlockSim Modeling

• Location: Milpitas, CA 100% onsite (we can submit non locals who will relocate)
• Duration: 12+ month contract
• Interview: 1-2 video conference interview
• C2C: $75ph

US CITIZENS OR GREEN CARD ONLY
Summary
Create, edit and validate Reliability Block Models of complex equipment, using Reliasoft Applications, including Weibull++, BlockSim, Xfracas.
Desirable skills and abilities:

• Evaluates, from a reliability standpoint, the materials, properties and techniques used in production.
• Advises design engineering on selection, application and test of electronic components and systems.
• Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability.
• Determines reliability requirements of components and systems to achieve company, customer and any governmental agency reliability objectives.
• Develops new acceleration techniques and analytical tools to assure the early identification of potential problems with new products, packaging, processes, and product reliability.
• Makes recommendations for changes in the selection and application of components and systems.
• May propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.

KLA's reliability engineer role is different from traditional reliability roles.
The candidate must be proactive, not a passive data reporter.
Must seek out data, collaborate closely with teams, and not wait for information to be provided.
Technical Requirements/Understanding of:

• Reliability best practices
• Failure physics, mechanical/electrical engineering, materials science
• Accelerated testing, scientific basis for test design
• Reliability test plans, FMEA, reliability block modeling

Experience with:

• 5 to 10 years of experience in System Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or equivalent, with potential to grow into a Reliability Engineer at KLA, following KLA-specific processes.
• Large Complex Equipment, analysis and modeling of critical subsystems of such equipment
• Reliability tools such as ReliaSoft, or equivalent; not required but beneficial.

Soft Skills & Behavior

• Strong communication skills.
• Comfortable influencing others without direct authority.
• Ability to drive design teams toward reliability improvements.
• Ability to present to executives (with support as needed).
• Outgoing, collaborative, strong teamwork mindset.
• Group motto: "Reliability is a team endeavor."

Tools & Skills That Are Nice-to-Have

• Experience with:
• E-beam tools
• ReliaSoft (Weibull, BlockSim)
• Other reliability modeling applications

Education & Experience

• Formal reliability degree not required.
• Strong preference for engineering degrees (electrical, mechanical, physics).
• Minimum 5 years practical experience preferred.
• Experience more important than advanced degrees (though many on the team have PhDs).