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About the role
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).
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