Sr Quality Assurance Engineer

The Senior Product Quality Engineer (Sr. PQE) is responsible for leading Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT) programs and ensuring long-term quality and reliability performance of our products across design, manufacturing, and field deployment. This role drives best-in-class reliability monitoring, stress testing, and continuous improvement to meet international standards and customer requirements.

The Sr. PQE works cross-functionally with Design, Test, Manufacturing, Reliability Labs, FA Labs, and Customer/Supplier Quality teams to prevent defects, proactively identify reliability risks, and drive robust product quality throughout the product lifecycle

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and optimize Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT) strategies and programs for production products, including sample selection, test setup, acceleration models, and data analysis.
• Define, implement, and continuously improve ORT plans and suitable stress tests tailored to specific product applications and use conditions.
• Attend key milestone meetings (from design kick-off through production transfer) with a strong emphasis on long-term reliability risks and ORT requirements.
• Perform and review product qualifications (new products, second source, material/design/process changes) while ensuring seamless integration with ORT programs.
• Ensure product compliance with internal specifications, customer requirements, and applicable standards (e.g., ISO 9001, IATF 16949, IEC, JEDEC, AEC, etc.).
• Communicate ORT plans, results, and reliability data with internal stakeholders and customers (Silicon, Package, and Board Level).
• Participate in and lead risk assessments (e.g., DFMEA, PFMEA) with a focus on long-term reliability; ensure mitigation actions are implemented, validated, and monitored via ORT.
• Review qualification and ORT test results, assess risks, and provide quality approval for production release or change management.
• Generate and publish high-quality qualification and ongoing reliability reports with clear risk assessments and recommendations.
• Lead failure analysis for ORT and qualification failures using advanced electrical, mechanical, and materials analysis techniques; drive root cause identification and corrective actions.
• Define and implement reliability enhancement measures jointly with cross-functional teams to achieve high product robustness.
• Proactively highlight potential criticalities, reliability risks, and early warning signals from ORT data.
• Ensure lessons learned from reliability issues and ORT findings are systematically fed back into design, process, and manufacturing improvements.
• Support or lead continuous improvement initiatives related to reliability monitoring and ORT efficiency.

Function: Quality Assurance
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level