Lead Reliability and Quality Engineer (Optical Systems)

Job description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities: - Lead reliability strategy development for new optical product platforms, ensuring robust design and manufacturability from early architecture stages through production ramp. - Collaborate closely with optical designers, mechanical engineers, process engineers, manufacturing teams, and suppliers to identify technical risks and implement mitigation plans to prevent product failures. - Lead root cause investigations and failure analysis activities, leveraging physics-of-failure principles and structured problem-solving techniques (8D, DMAIC, etc.). - Drive quality improvements through process optimization, data-driven decision making, and continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, SPC). - Establish and improve quality systems, procedures, and metrics appropriate for a dynamic, startup-oriented environment while maintaining compliance with corporate and industry standards. - Define and execute comprehensive qualification and validation plans to ensure product robustness, lifetime performance, and compliance with internal and customer reliability requirements. - Develop and implement reliability test methodologies including accelerated li...