{"id":1238314,"url":"https://alion.io/job/salience-labs-senior-reliability-engineer","title":"Senior Reliability Engineer","company":{"id":2029320,"name":"Salience Labs","domain":"saliencelabs.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/saliencelabs","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Oxford, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":56000,"max_usd":106000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":55},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-08T19:06:33Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-08","last_verified_at":"2026-09-28T19:15:30Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":20,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":20},"description":"The role\nWe are looking for a Senior Reliability Engineer to join our Manufacturing team and take ownership of reliability, qualification and life-testing activities across our hardware development programmes.\nYou will work closely with engineering, product, manufacturing and external partners to define reliability requirements, develop qualification plans, interpret test data and ensure issues are understood and addressed before products reach the field.\nThis is a senior individual contributor role for someone with strong industrial experience in semiconductor or electronics reliability. You should be comfortable moving between technical analysis, supplier engagement, qualification planning and clear communication with both engineering and commercial stakeholders.\nYou will also work directly with external manufacturing and test partners, helping guide their reliability activities, reviewing results and ensuring that the quality of evidence meets the standards required for commercial deployment.\nWhat you'll be doing\nDevelop and maintain reliability and qualification plans for semiconductor-based hardware\n\nDefine appropriate component, assembly and product-level reliability testing\n\nPlan and oversee life-test and qualification activities\n\nAnalyse reliability data and translate results into clear, actionable engineering recommendations\n\nReview test results, identify trends and investigate potential failure mechanisms\n\nProduce clear, professional reliability reports for internal and customer-facing use\n\nWork closely with engineering teams to ensure reliability considerations are incorporated into product development\n\nCollaborate with manufacturing, product and failure analysis teams to resolve reliability issues\n\nWork directly with external suppliers and manufacturing partners on test execution, qualification and corrective actions\n\nReview and audit reliability work carried out by external partners\n\nSupport supplier visits and technical reviews where required\n\nHelp develop and continuously improve reliability processes, methodologies and reporting standards\n\nCommunicate technical findings clearly to both specialist and non-specialist stakeholders\n\nTake ownership of reliability activities from initial planning through to final review and acceptance\n\nThe role will have significant ownership over reliability and life-test reporting, with responsibility for ensuring work is appropriately planned, executed, reviewed and communicated from start to finish.\nWhat we're looking for\nSignificant industrial experience in 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multiple priorities while maintaining focus on key deliverables\n\nThis is a senior role, so we are looking for someone who can operate with a high degree of independence and take ownership of reliability projects rather than simply execute predefined test plans.\nExperience in semiconductor product qualification\n\nExperience in a high-volume manufacturing environment\n\nStrong knowledge of semiconductor packaging and assembly\n\nExperience working directly with OSATs or other outsourced manufacturing partners\n\nFamiliarity with recognised semiconductor or electronics reliability standards\n\nExperience auditing supplier reliability or qualification activities\n\nExperience supporting customer reliability requirements\n\nA background in failure analysis or root-cause investigation\n\nExperience developing reliability programmes or processes from the ground up\n\nExposure to data-centre, communications or other high-performance electronics environments\n\nExperience balancing 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