Reliability Engineer

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Spectacles are Snap's hand-free camera that take in both photo and video content that is shareable on, and off, Snapchat. With hardware and augmented reality working in tandem, Spectacles make it easy to make memories from your perspective, and relive them later.

Spectacles is home to Spectacles — a camera inspired by the human eye, powered by your imagination — and a world-class research & development team that is paving the way for the future of the camera. Spectacles Snap Lab builds creative technology that helps overlay computing on the world around us.

We're looking for a Failure Analysis, Reliability, Process Development and Metrology Engineer to join the Spectacles NPI team!

What you’ll do: 

• Work with engineering (EE, ME and NPI), board designers, and contract manufacturers to plan and execute reliability testing to assess product durability and corrective action effectiveness, manage logistics to return device samples to PD and EE engineering, track failure analysis completion and results, monitor implementation and validation of corrective actions, assess and update risk of recurrence of failure modes in future builds, and maintain product reliability repository for all data, analysis, and assessment deliverables 

• Collaborate with engineering and EMS to develop new tests where necessary, including fixtures, FW and data acquisition required for their execution

• Determine, develop, demonstrate and systematize methods of assessment for components, subassemblies and process required to ensure each meet quality and reliability requirements in final product

• Provide subject matter expertise on reliability test methodology, measurement of device integrity, test to failure approaches to understand design margin, statistical analysis and visualization of data. 

• Implement data collection, storage and data reduction for the purposes of providing real time accessible data and communication of ongoing testing activities

• Support new technology developments: materials, processes, components and subassemblies using a systematic approach for risk prioritization and reliability growth

• Support prototype builds with contract manufacturers throughout Asia and technology and strategy development with US and Asia teams (estimated travel within Asia 10%, US 5%)

• Identify high risk failure modes early in the design life cycle and collaborate with other teams to evaluate and reduce risk.

• Drive continuous improvement in FA capability and methods, reliability test, product reliability test outcomes and field Reliability for new products

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrated history working with EMS to prepare then execute reliability test plans and with engineering teams to communicate results, then analyze, correct and validate solutions to reliability test failures.

• Demonstrated history completing and documenting problem solving activity, including test data, failure analysis, and suggestions for corrective action and follow up validation testing

• Experience at minimum personally interpreting results of SEM/EDX, FTIR/DSC/TGA, CT X-ray, optical microscopy, OMM/CMM, Instron, potting/polishing cross-sections, and red-dye, with preference for individuals having personally practiced the above analytical methods

• Solid understanding of Six Sigma concepts and demonstrated capability to run Weibull and other model based reliability analyses

• Good understanding and ability to explain the physics of failures and behind material properties (mechanical, electrical, and optical)

• Able to prioritize duties and work well on your own

• Excellent interpersonal skills with a high attention to detail

• Excellent documentation and communication skills

• Background working collaboratively with both internal and external partners, domestic and overseas

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Materials Science, chemistry, physics or equivalent

• 7+ years of experience with FA, reliability testing and technology development

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters or higher level degree in Engineering or equivalent

• Six Sigma Black Belt certification 

• At least one previous role (>2years in duration) in consumer electronics industry

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!