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About the Role

The Senior Reliability Technician provides advanced hands-on support to the Reliability Engineering team in executing product qualifications, environmental and reliability stress testing, sample preparation, inspection, data collection, and failure analysis activities for RF and microwave electronic components. This position is responsible for coordinating and executing routine laboratory activities, preparing and monitoring reliability tests, performing visual and electrical inspections, troubleshooting test setups and equipment, maintaining accurate records, and supporting investigations related to product performance and qualification results. The Senior Reliability Technician also helps coordinate laboratory priorities, improves laboratory practices, and provides technical guidance to less-experienced technicians. This role requires strong troubleshooting skills, careful attention to detail, sound technical judgment, and effective communication with Engineering, Quality, Production, external laboratories, and third-party reliability partners.

Responsibilities

Execute and coordinate reliability qualifications for new products, product or process changes, vendor qualifications, and customer-specific requirements.
Review approved test plans, procedures, sample requirements, and work instructions before testing.
Prepare samples through labeling, serialization, inspection, handling, and loading into fixtures, test boards, ovens, or environmental chambers.
Set up, verify, monitor, and complete temperature cycling, high-temperature storage, humidity, HTOL, THB, HAST, MSL preconditioning, vibration, and mechanical-shock testing.
Verify test conditions, chamber profiles, bias conditions, monitoring channels, fixture connections, and data-acquisition settings.
Perform and document pre-test, interim, and post-test visual and electrical inspections.
Troubleshoot equipment, fixtures, test boards, cabling, contact issues, and basic electrical abnormalities.
Identify and report abnormal samples, equipment problems, unexpected conditions, test interruptions, and potential reliability concerns.
Maintain complete records of sample status, serial numbers, test conditions, inspection results, failures, photographs, and observations.
Review test records for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and traceability.
Organize test data and prepare summaries and status updates for engineering review.
Support failure analysis by preparing and tracking samples and coordinating CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning, decapsulation, microscopy, SEM, and other analysis methods.
Coordinate with third-party laboratories regarding requirements, sample information, schedules, progress, and results.
Operate and support environmental chambers, ovens, microscopes, power supplies, multimeters, data loggers, and related laboratory equipment.
Support equipment calibration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and service activities.
Assist with laboratory scheduling, priorities, equipment availability, and communication of schedule risks.
Develop and improve work instructions, checklists, test records, and data-collection templates with engineering approval.
Recommend improvements to fixtures, procedures, sample handling, test execution, and documentation.
Train and provide technical guidance to junior technicians.
Maintain an organized, safe, and ESD-compliant laboratory environment.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or international equivalent required.
5-7 years of experience required.
Technical degree, certification, or equivalent hands-on experience in electronics, engineering, manufacturing, reliability, quality, or a related field.
More than five years of relevant experience in a technical, manufacturing, quality, reliability, semiconductor, electronics, or laboratory environment.
Hands-on experience troubleshooting test setups, fixtures, equipment, electronic components, or electrical connections.
Experience working with electronic components, test boards, fixtures, and laboratory equipment.
Ability to interpret and follow test plans, procedures, work instructions, equipment manuals, and engineering direction.
Working knowledge of electronic components, assemblies, soldered boards, electrical measurements, and ESD practices.
Ability to document test results, observations, sample status, and inspection findings clearly and accurately.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and electronic recordkeeping.
Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and commitment to quality workmanship.
Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with Engineering, Quality, Production, technicians, and external laboratories.
Experience using microscopes, multimeters, power supplies, environmental chambers, data loggers, and other laboratory equipment.
Familiarity with temperature cycling, high-temperature storage, humidity testing, HTOL, THB, HAST, MSL, vibration, and mechanical shock.
Experience with chamber profiling, test-condition verification, biased reliability testing, or multichannel data acquisition.
Familiarity with JEDEC, MIL-STD, AEC-Q, or similar reliability standards.
Experience supporting equipment calibration, preventive maintenance, and service activities.
Experience with CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning, decapsulation, optical microscopy, SEM, or related failure-analysis methods.
Experience with RF and microwave components, GaAs or GaN devices, semiconductor devices, IC and QFN packages, or hybrid microelectronic assemblies.
Basic soldering, wiring, fixture assembly, or board-level troubleshooting skills.
Experience coordinating with external qualification, environmental-testing, or failure-analysis laboratories.
Experience training or providing technical guidance to junior technicians.
Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment.
Ability and willingness to abide by Company’s Code of Conduct.

Skills

Troubleshooting
Data Collection
Failure Analysis
RF
Microwave
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Outlook
Electronic Components
Test Setups
Fixtures
Equipment
Electrical Connections
Test Boards
Laboratory Equipment
Electronic Measurements
ESD Practices
Attention to Detail
Organizational Skills
Communication Skills
Microscopes
Multimeters
Power Supplies
Environmental Chambers
Data Loggers
Temperature Cycling
High-Temperature Storage
Humidity Testing
HTOL
THB
HAST
MSL
Vibration Testing
Mechanical Shock Testing
Chamber Profiling
Biased Reliability Testing
Multichannel Data Acquisition
JEDEC
MIL-STD
AEC-Q
Equipment Calibration
Preventive Maintenance
Service Activities
CSAM
X-ray
Cross-sectioning
Decapsulation
Optical Microscopy
SEM
Failure Analysis Methods
GaAs
GaN
Semiconductor Devices
IC
QFN Packages
Hybrid Microelectronic Assemblies
Soldering
Wiring
Fixture Assembly
Board-Level Troubleshooting
External Laboratory Coordination

Location

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
5-7 years

Education Level

High school diploma
GED
Technical degree
Certification

Salary/Compensations

$35.00 - $42.00 per hour

About the Company

Mini-Circuits designs, manufactures and distributes integrated circuits, modules, and sub-systems for high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave applications.
With design, sales and manufacturing locations in over 30 countries, Mini-Circuits’ products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications applications.
Our products are also used in detection, measurement and imaging applications, including military communication, guidance and electronic countermeasure systems, commercial, scientific, military land, sea and aircraft; automotive systems, medical systems, and industrial test equipment.
Mini-Circuits’ sells its products to over 20,000 customers globally through our direct sales force, applications engineering staff, sales representatives, as well as through our extensive website.

Equal Opportunity

Mini-Circuits is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, gender identity, gender dysphoria, pregnancy-related condition, and domestic violence victim status or protected class characteristic, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal or state law.