{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"3baa3c375709e5b6d6eba2c8","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3baa3c375709e5b6d6eba2c8","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3baa3c375709e5b6d6eba2c8","title":"Component Reliability Engineer","description":"Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) is seeking a Component Reliability Engineer to support the qualification and reliability improvement of optoelectronic semiconductor components at its Sugar Land facility.\n\nThis position will plan, execute, monitor, and analyze component-level reliability testing for semiconductor lasers and related optoelectronic devices. The engineer will evaluate electrical and optical performance before, during, and after reliability stress, identify degradation trends and failure signatures, and assess product lifetime and reliability risk.\n\nThe engineer will work closely with R&D, Product Engineering, Yield Engineering, Quality, Test Engineering, Equipment Engineering, and Data Engineers, to connect reliability behavior with fab process history and physical failure mechanisms.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nDevelop and execute component-level reliability qualification and monitoring plans based on product requirements, industry standards, and customer-specific requirements.\n\nPlan and analyze reliability tests such as burn-in, HTOL, accelerated life testing, temperature cycling, thermal storage, humidity testing, mechanical testing, and electrostatic-discharge testing, as applicable.\n\nDefine stress conditions, sample sizes, read points, electrical and optical measurements, and pass/fail criteria.\n\nAnalyze device characteristics such as operating voltage, current, series resistance, threshold current, optical power, slope efficiency, wavelength, spectral performance, and other product-specific parameters.\n\nMonitor parameter shifts and degradation rates before, during, and after reliability stress.\n\nIdentify early failures, wear-out behavior, abnormal populations, and reliability outliers.\n\nPerform statistical reliability analysis using Weibull, lognormal, Arrhenius, acceleration-factor, lifetime-projection, confidence-interval, and distribution-analysis methods.\n\nPrepare qualification reports, customer reliability summaries, risk assessments, and technical presentations.\n\nLead component-level reliability investigations by defining failure signatures, selecting representative samples, and establishing the technical questions for physical failure analysis.\n\nPartner with the failure analysis team to develop targeted root-cause analysis plans based on electrical, optical, and reliability results.\n\nMaintain reliability test records, failure classifications, investigation conclusions, and traceability to physical failure-analysis results.\n\nQualifications\nRequired\n\nBachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field.\n\nThree or more years of experience in semiconductor, optoelectronic, photonic, or electronic-component reliability.\n\nStrong knowledge of electrical characterization and component-level reliability testing.\n\nExperience interpreting reliability failure signatures and developing technically sound failure-analysis plans.\n\nUnderstanding of semiconductor device physics, degradation mechanisms, and the relationship between electrical behavior and physical defects.\n\nPreferred\n\nMaster's degree in electrical engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Reliability Engineering, or a related field.\n\nExperience with InP, GaAs, semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, or other optoelectronic components.\n\nWorking knowledge of Python, SQL, or other tools for reliability-data reduction, automation, and visualization.\n\nLocation\nThis position will be on-site based in Sugar Land, Texas.\n\nWhy AOI?\nIn addition to competitive salary, AOI offers\n\nFlexible and competitive health (medical, dental, vision) plans offer the employee with the right options to meet individual and family needs\n\nEmployer matching on 401(k) deferrals\n\nGenerous PTO policy, with unused PTO payout at end of the year\n\nRelocation package available within US\n\nImmigration sponsorships (Must be currently authorized to work in the US)\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Applied Optoelectronics","rawCompany":"applied optoelectronics","city":"Houston","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-11-03T04:26:47.122Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2072.00","title":"Electronics Engineers, Except Computer","slug":"electronics-engineers-except-computer"},{"code":"17-3023.00","title":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians","slug":"electrical-and-electronic-engineering-technologists-and-technicians"},{"code":"17-2199.07","title":"Photonics Engineers","slug":"photonics-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"334419","title":"Other Electronic Component Manufacturing","slug":"other-electronic-component-manufacturing"},{"code":"334413","title":"Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing","slug":"semiconductor-and-related-device-manufacturing"},{"code":"334511","title":"Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing","slug":"search-detection-navigation-guidance-aeronautical-and-nautical-system-and-instrument-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Component Reliability Engineer","description":"Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) is seeking a Component Reliability Engineer to support the qualification and reliability improvement of optoelectronic semiconductor components at its Sugar Land facility.\n\nThis position will plan, execute, monitor, and analyze component-level reliability testing for semiconductor lasers and related optoelectronic devices. The engineer will evaluate electrical and optical performance before, during, and after reliability stress, identify degradation trends and failure signatures, and assess product lifetime and reliability risk.\n\nThe engineer will work closely with R&D, Product Engineering, Yield Engineering, Quality, Test Engineering, Equipment Engineering, and Data Engineers, to connect reliability behavior with fab process history and physical failure mechanisms.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nDevelop and execute component-level reliability qualification and monitoring plans based on product requirements, industry standards, and customer-specific requirements.\n\nPlan and analyze reliability tests such as burn-in, HTOL, accelerated life testing, temperature cycling, thermal storage, humidity testing, mechanical testing, and electrostatic-discharge testing, as applicable.\n\nDefine stress conditions, sample sizes, read points, electrical and optical measurements, and pass/fail criteria.\n\nAnalyze device characteristics such as operating voltage, current, series resistance, threshold current, optical power, slope efficiency, wavelength, spectral performance, and other product-specific parameters.\n\nMonitor parameter shifts and degradation rates before, during, and after reliability stress.\n\nIdentify early failures, wear-out behavior, abnormal populations, and reliability outliers.\n\nPerform statistical reliability analysis using Weibull, lognormal, Arrhenius, acceleration-factor, lifetime-projection, confidence-interval, and distribution-analysis methods.\n\nPrepare qualification reports, customer reliability summaries, risk assessments, and technical presentations.\n\nLead component-level reliability investigations by defining failure signatures, selecting representative samples, and establishing the technical questions for physical failure analysis.\n\nPartner with the failure analysis team to develop targeted root-cause analysis plans based on electrical, optical, and reliability results.\n\nMaintain reliability test records, failure classifications, investigation conclusions, and traceability to physical failure-analysis results.\n\nQualifications\nRequired\n\nBachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field.\n\nThree or more years of experience in semiconductor, optoelectronic, photonic, or electronic-component reliability.\n\nStrong knowledge of electrical characterization and component-level reliability testing.\n\nExperience interpreting reliability failure signatures and developing technically sound failure-analysis plans.\n\nUnderstanding of semiconductor device physics, degradation mechanisms, and the relationship between electrical behavior and physical defects.\n\nPreferred\n\nMaster's degree in electrical engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Reliability Engineering, or a related field.\n\nExperience with InP, GaAs, semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, or other optoelectronic components.\n\nWorking knowledge of Python, SQL, or other tools for reliability-data reduction, automation, and visualization.\n\nLocation\nThis position will be on-site based in Sugar Land, Texas.\n\nWhy AOI?\nIn addition to competitive salary, AOI offers\n\nFlexible and competitive health (medical, dental, vision) plans offer the employee with the right options to meet individual and family needs\n\nEmployer matching on 401(k) deferrals\n\nGenerous PTO policy, with unused PTO payout at end of the year\n\nRelocation package available within US\n\nImmigration sponsorships (Must be currently authorized to work in the US)\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","datePosted":"2026-11-03T04:26:47.122Z","dateModified":"2026-11-03T04:26:47.122Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Applied Optoelectronics","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Houston","addressRegion":"TX","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"3baa3c375709e5b6d6eba2c8"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3baa3c375709e5b6d6eba2c8"}}