Senior Reliability Engineer

Nokia

Senior Reliability Engineer developing next-generation InP-based Photonic Integration Circuits for Nokia's optical transport networks. Involves design contributions and reliability testing efforts.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $120,000 - $171,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Participate in design and development process, evaluate device and system failure modes and associated risks.
Coordinate accelerated reliability stress tests to characterize the over-life performance of next-generation PICs
Develop life models based on data from accelerated-aging tests
Drive failure mode analysis efforts for product reliability failures

Requirements

What you’ll need

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or Physics
Strong fundamental understanding of photonic devices and their manufacturing processes
Aptitude to learn about new photonic device design and photonic device integration and associated processes
Excellent teamwork and communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
Health and dental benefits
Short-term disability, and long-term disability
Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition Assistance Plan
Adoption assistance
Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

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Hard Skills & Tools

design and developmentreliability stress testslife modelsfailure mode analysisphotonic devicesaccelerated-aging testsmanufacturing processes

Soft Skills

teamworkcommunication

Certifications

PhD in Electrical EngineeringPhD in Materials SciencePhD in Physics