{"id":1139239,"url":"https://alion.io/job/lumentum-senior-reliability-engineer","title":"Senior Reliability Engineer","company":{"id":5264,"name":"Lumentum","domain":"lumentum.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/lumentum","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":78,"open_postings":38,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.868,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":35,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":52000,"max_usd":101000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":48},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"C#","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T09:52:22Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T03:40:38Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!\nWe're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.\nIf you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nDefinition and implementation of optical component reliability qualification programmes.\nAssessment of optoelectronic component ageing characteristics, extracting failure mode specific degradation model & quantifying risks.\nCustomer interfacing on reliability documentation and reliability work based on solid knowledge of physics-of-failures.\nProblem solving, test and characterisation engineering, and statistical data analysis.\nKEY RELATIONSHIPS:\nAssessment of reliability risks and the rapid verification of product reliability to the satisfaction of both internal and external customers. Close working collaboration with chip design, process engineering, test engineering, product engineering, quality engineering and other downstream internal and external customers.\nEDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:\nEducation/Qualification - Minimum:\nMaster's degree in Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar related discipline. Strong academic background is essential.\nSkills/Competencies Essential:\nA minimum of 5 years experience in semiconductor optoelectronics with demonstratable competencies in the following:\nExperience in opto-electronic component reliability and qualification, including programme definition, planning and implementation.\nComprehensive knowledge of optoelectronic-specific failure modes in , lasers, photodetector, modulators, resistors, waveguides and fibre coupling.\nHands-on experience on accelerated life testing and life-prediction of opto-electronic devices using reliability modeling using statistical software packages: Reliasoft/Weibull++, JMP, Minitab, Python.\nDemonstrated ability use Design for Reliability, FMEA, and FTA frameworks.\nExcellent report writing and presentation skills, able to robustly defend data analysis and conclusions.\nSkills/Competencies Desirable:\nPhD in Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar related discipline \nExperience in fabrication and process engineering with an understanding of how design and manufacturing variables influence reliability performance.\nExperience in test instrumentation engineering for die level characterisation and experience in C/C#, and Python.\nExperience in using root-cause analysis using Electroluminescence, FIB, SEM/TEM and EDX.\nExperience in Opto-electronic component design and applicability in design for reliability using COMSOL or Ansys.\nExperience with customer communications on matters of reliability and qualification is beneficial.\nExperience in mentoring is desirable.\nOTHER REQUIREMENTS\nGood interpersonal and project management skills.\nWilling & able to pro-actively engage with other groups within the company both verbally and via written communication.\nAbility to travel worldwide to visit customers to discuss reliability work.\nSelf-motivated, energetic, able to work to deadlines.\nThe flexibility to cope with rapidly changing objectives.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.\nWe do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.\nWe will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.\nPlease contact us to request accommodation.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3753,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Hardware","Lasers & Photonics","Optical Communications"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T09:52:22Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":35,"reasons":["conf:5","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T15:22:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/lumentum-senior-reliability-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/lumentum-senior-reliability-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T15:22:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}