Microsoft is a world leader in the design of hardware devices and entertainment devices. We are currently looking for a creative and talented individual with a passion for technology to drive reliability and qualification of hardware products to advance Hardware’s leadership position in exceeding our consumers' durability expectations.

　　This is a key position in our Quality reliability engineering organization. The ideal candidate will have a solid reliability and simulations background with a process/manufacturing background in the consumer electronics industry and strong in supplier quality management with in-depth knowledge on reliability testing methodology and reliability analysis.

　　To qualify for this exciting opportunity, this candidate must possess strong communication, organizational, technical and documentation skills. You must function well in a fast-paced collaborative environment and be able to apply critical thinking and strong problem-solving skills to complex production environment scenarios to ensure high availability.

　　Responsibilities

　　Participate in component vendor selection activity and drive component qualification activity for components that are critical and strategic to Microsoft product requirements.

　　Work with Development Reliability teams to develop and to document reliability qualification plans for new products. As a reliability engineer, you will support in identifying high risk failure modes early in the design life cycle and collaborate with design engineering teams to reduce the risk.

　　Develop Suppliers to support Development Phase and On-Going-Reliability test to monitor mass production. You may develop new tests based on the physics of failures and expected user behaviors, and work on test specifications that are critical to validate the product vendors.

　　Managing multiple design qualification activities and development schedule to improve the quality of products.

　　Collaborate with a team of In-region Reliability engineers to provide reliability guidance to Contract manufacturers and suppliers for release to manufacture phase and lab qualifications.

　　Evaluate and drive effectiveness of the reliability stresses or resolve reliability issues related to products and components.

　　Use knowledge of process capability for electronic component production as well as system-level performance requirements to establish Critical-to-Quality performance metrics.

　　Qualifications

　　Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Reliability engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical engineering, Material science or physics, chemical engineering, optics, Applied statistics or equivalent field desired.

　　Work experience min 4 years (preferably with 3-5 years in the reliability field or hardware testing)

　　Solid experience in either of these fields of hardware verification such as Touch Panel Display, Batteries, camera, and speakers design knowledge will be considered too.

　　Understanding of the products’ technology, materials and failure mechanisms associated with mechanical, electronic, electro-mechanical components or semiconductor packaging.

　　Understanding of the physics behind material and device properties

　　Understanding of Physics of Failure and DFMEA

　　Experience working in product development is an advantage.

　　Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with people from a variety of technical backgrounds.

　　20% travel opportunity

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　　Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .