Audio Reliability Engineer

Apple Apple · Big Tech · Los Angeles, CA · Hardware

This role focuses on ensuring and improving the durability and reliability of audio hardware products. Responsibilities include developing reliability tests, analyzing test reports, performing statistical analysis for design risk assessments, and researching new technologies to understand failure mechanisms. The role collaborates with various engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.

What you'd actually do

  1. Developing new reliability tests procedures and specification
  2. Preparing concise and detailed test plans and analyzing test reports
  3. Statistically analyzing data to provide design risk assessments
  4. Presenting tests, results, and risk assessments in a confident and positive manner to management and executive teams
  5. Researching new technologies to understand unique failure mechanisms
  6. Guiding design and interacting with diverse groups to improve product reliability

Skills

Required

  • product characterization
  • mechanical stress test
  • shock/drop/vibration testing
  • environmental testing
  • reliability tests
  • test plans
  • test reports analysis
  • statistical analysis
  • design risk assessments
  • failure mechanisms research
  • cross-functional collaboration

Nice to have

  • Systems Reliability
  • Weibull
  • JMP
  • accelerated test models
  • Failure Analysis techniques
  • Optical Microscopy
  • X-ray/CT
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
  • root cause analysis
  • consumer electronics experience
  • communication skills
  • attention to detail
  • curiosity
  • project management
  • proactive attitude
  • international travel

What the JD emphasized

  • Bachelors Degree in Engineering is required
  • 3+ year experience performing product characterization including mechanical stress test, shock/drop/vibration testing, environmental testing
  • 3+ years of experience in Systems Reliability