Home Reliability Engineer

Los Angeles Until 9/21/2026 3+ years exp First posted July 23, 2026 Last posted July 23, 2026
Job description

Apple Home Hardware Reliability Engineering team is looking for you to work with our diverse home hardware engineering teams. As the Reliability team we are responsible for ensuring and improving the durability and reliability of product. To achieve that, we partner with multiple engineering teams from the beginning (concept) through the end (field returns) of a product lifecycle, while exploring new technologies and understanding how customers will use our products. If you have a passion for constant learning and innovative engineering products you will fit right in. You will develop and implement creative reliability tests on new hardware programs, quantify reliability risk, support failure analysis resulting from these tests, and advise the executive team on the best path forward.

Description

Developing new reliability test procedures and specifications while preparing concise and detailed test plans and analyzing test reports. Leveraging statistical analysis to provide comprehensive design risk assessments, and presenting tests, results, and findings in a confident and positive manner to management and executive teams. Continuously researching new technologies to understand unique failure mechanisms, while guiding design decisions and collaborating with diverse cross-functional groups to improve overall product reliability.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Engineering is required
3+ year experience performing product characterization including mechanical stress test, shock/drop/vibration testing, environmental testing

Preferred Qualifications

3+ years of experience in Systems Reliability
Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills
Strong attention to detail and curiosity of how technologies work
Capable of handling multiple projects at once
Dynamic engineer with a proactive attitude and desire to work closely with domestic and international cross-functional teams
Statistical experience such as Weibull, JMP, or familiarity with accelerated test models
Familiar with Failure Analysis techniques (Optical Microscopy, X-ray/CT, Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, etc.), and the ability to use failure analysis methodology to derive a root cause of failure
Consumer electronics experience is preferred, but not necessary
Ability to travel internationally (up to 10%)

About this role

Summary

Develop and analyze reliability tests for hardware products, improve durability, and support failure analysis.

Job title

Home Reliability Engineer

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Los Angeles, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

engineering degreeproduct characterizationmechanical stress testingstatistical analysisfailure analysis

Preferred skills

reliability systemscommunicationattention to detailproject managementstatistical tools

Specializations

reliabilityhardwaretest proceduresfailure analysisstatistics
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Work arrangement unknown City