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Sr. Reliability Quality Engineer

Axcelis · Beverly, MA

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Level
Senior
Team
Quality
Base pay
$122k–$183k
Travel
10%
Degree
Preferred
Experience asked
5+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A senior quality role at Axcelis (industrial) in Beverly, MA. You will lead or direct multiple reliability engineering projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

They ask for
5+ years · degree preferred
Tools it names
FMEA, Minitab, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
Base pay
$122k–$183k
Day to day
about 10% travel

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Quality Engineer roles in Massachusetts: typical posted base $97k–$131k. This one lists $122k–$183k.

Median of the low and high ends of 36 live postings that list pay, out of 55 quality engineer openings in Massachusetts, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 54 other live quality postings in Massachusetts.

Base pay
About 35% above similar roles

Typical $97k–$130k, from 35 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Typical (5+ years)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Root cause 75%
  • FDA / GMP 56%
  • ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 56%
  • ISO 13485 51%
  • CAPA 49%
  • ✓ FMEA 45%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Minitab, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: Axcelis in Beverly

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Full description from AxcelisAs posted on their careers site.Show

requirements

are well defined, understood, incorporated and met in our processes and products.

As the Product Development Engineer focused on Reliability, you will lead or direct multiple reliability engineering projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. You will also work with other product development engineers to ensure proliferation of DfR methods and processes into new product developments. The engineer is expected to plan, lead and perform reliability verification and validation tests, supporting the qualification of parts/assemblies in support of release.

Major

Responsibilities

  • ◆Understand customer requirements, product specifications and product application and how it relates to part/product/process and lead the qualification in support of release.
  • ◆Participate in Design Reviews and work with Engineering to drive DfR process and tools and support in defining and executing Reliability plans.
  • ◆Develop system reliability models and perform thermos-mechanical simulations at the component level.
  • ◆Work with product support and field service organizations to gather data for reliability metrics.
  • ◆Drives Failure Analysis and Corrective Actions towards successful implementation of solutions.
  • ◆Use the reliability data to define product improvements (both hardware and software).
  • ◆Travel to customer sites, as required. Work with multiple customer and service organizations worldwide.
  • ◆Reviews Engineering Change Requests for their impact on Reliability.

Deliverables: The Engineer would create the work products delivering the end-to-end reliability

requirements

for the product life cycle, not limiting to the following.

  • ✓Develop Reliability plans, reliability requirements, DFMEAs, reliability test protocols for Accelerated reliability tests, reliability growth tests, etc. and executes the reliability plans leading to Reliability reports.
  • ✓Report reliability metrics based on data gathered from customers, service organization, quality, and manufacturing.
  • ✓Develop reliability models and perform thermo-mechanical simulations at the component level.
  • ✓Develop reliability statistical analysis and reports.
  • ✓Plan, use, and report using reliability growth models for reliability measurement and improvement.
  • ✓Report and forecast typical reliability metrics (MTBFp, MTBF, Availability, etc.)

Basic

Requirements

  • ✓BS in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering field with minimum of 5 years’ experience in Reliability Engineering. Candidates with MS degree in Mechanical Engineering/Electrical Engineering with relevant experience in Reliability Engineering or CRE certification would be preferred.
  • ✓Experience in Reliability and statistical analysis software like Reliasoft/PTC Windchill/Minitab is required.
  • ✓Semiconductor capital equipment experience with SEMI-standard reliability metrics is a strong plus.

Additional

Requirements

  • ✓Technically astute and detail oriented. High-energy, hands-on, self-confident leader with broad knowledge of product development, manufacturing quality and reliability methods.
  • ✓Strong interpersonal skills, personal presence, style, and demeanor, to effectively influence and lead others to find and implement solutions to complex quality and reliability problems.
  • ✓Excellent listening, written and verbal communications skills.
  • ✓Strong desire to learn and grow your career with the organization.
  • ✓Able to travel to supplier sites worldwide (10% travel).
  • ✓Semiconductor capital equipment experience with SEMI-standard reliability metrics is a strong plus.
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Job description

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. is a world-leading provider of equipment and services to the semiconductor manufacturing industry. For thirty five years, chipmakers from around the globe have relied on Axcelis' systems and process expertise to form the transistors that power all electronics - from smart phones and tablets, to laptops, personal music players and more. Our goal is to accelerate the pace of innovation in these markets, to power the digital revolution.

The ideal candidate will champion reliability across the corporation and be intimately involved in our concurrent product development. Candidate will actively facilitate and participate in improvement of new product development processes, Design for Reliability (DfR) activities and sustaining products/field reliability. The position requires active and continuous interaction with engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and supply chain to ensure reliability

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