Laser Diode Reliabilty and Failure Analysis Engineer
Kensington Additive
- USA
- $150,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Implement burn-in, HAST, HALT, and multi-cell reliability protocols to support various stages of product development, qualification, and production screening.
- Supervise the failure analysis (FA) process when necessary, utilizing internal resources or external vendors to determine the root cause and offering feedback for device design improvement.
- Evaluate the performance of laser devices throughout development and reliability testing, applying knowledge of device physics and laser design to correlate any performance drifts with design inputs.
- Oversee GaN Laser Diode component-level qualification stress tests to ensure compliance with customer requirements and guarantee high-quality operation in the field. Stress testing encompasses accelerated lifetime tests, environmental tests, mechanical tests, ESD, etc.
- Collaborate with and learn from device design engineers and technical program managers (PMs) throughout the entire product development process, from initial concept to release for manufacturing.
- Collaborate with test engineers and technicians to conduct functional testing for each product, including laser current-power-voltage, spectra/junction temperature measurements, near and far field measurements, etc.
- Communicate updates on qualification testing through email updates, customer-facing presentations, internal NPI reviews, and documented qualification reports.
- Define key technical objectives and manage projects through various development phases (feasibility, alpha [design and development], beta [reliability and qualification]), ensuring alignment with program milestones and product reliability requirements.
- Monitor laser diode performance in both development and production stages.
- Establish, monitor, analyze, and report key performance metrics to project teams and management.
- Participate in the development of patent applications.
- Contribute to program reporting, proposal writing, and program management for both commercial and government programs.
- Hold a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Materials Science with 8+ years of experience, or a Ph.D. with +3 years of experience in the Laser/Laser Diode environment.
- Highly desirable to have experience in Gallium Nitride materials systems (design/modeling, epitaxy, fabrication, or testing).
- Possess leadership skills with the ability to direct and influence across multiple functional departments. Strong team player.
- Hands-on testing experience, particularly with laser diodes, including light-current-voltage (LIV), spectra, near field, and far field beam parameters under CW is a plus.
- Hands-on testing experience in reliability stress such as accelerated temperature, high humidity, temperature and power cycling, ESD is a plus.
- Proficient in deep statistical analysis of large datasets.
- Familiarity with software data analysis tools (JMP, Minitab, Excel or similar) and data processing software (Python, Matlab or similar).