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Sort/Test Quality & Reliability Engineer (QRE)
Intel Corporation · 🇺🇸 US, Oregon, Hillsboro
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 1,731 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1,112 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Intel Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles11 certified filings for “Quality Reliability Engineer” (Industrial Engineers) in AZ: $103k–$130k, median $117k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 1,731 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1,112 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Details: Job Description: Embark with us on a journey of growth and transformation as we create exceptionally engineered technology and bring AI everywhere. As a valued team member, your adaptability and attention to detail will contribute to our drive for results and relentless pursuit of quality, ensuring we meet our customers' needs with precision. Join us and build on our legacy of innovation and collaboration as we deliver world‑changing technology that improves the life of every person on the planet. Life at Intel: https://jobs.intel.com/en/life-at-intel As a Sort/Test Quality & Reliability Engineer, you will lead quality and reliability readiness for tester hardware, test modules, test processes, manufacturing systems, and supplier-developed solutions used in semiconductor development and high-volume manufacturing. Drive shift-left risk prevention, qualification rigor, test process certification, and disciplined HVM transfer through cross-functional execution with Test Development, Product Engineering, Manufacturing QnR, ATM, factories, suppliers, and ODM partners. Your responsibilities may include but not limited to: • Test Process Definition and Certification: Lead pathfinding, test process development, qualification, certification, and HVM ramp across products, architectures, Sort, and back-end test. • QnR Requirements and Risk Prevention: Define requirements, readiness criteria, acceptance plans, FMEA, and mitigation closure for tester platforms, modules, interface hardware, burn-in, wafer/die sort, metrology, and supplier hardware. • Qualification Strategy: Lead Installation Qualification, Module Operational Qualification, Measurement System Analysis, HVM and Transfer Qualification, Reliability Validation, Change Qualification, and production release reviews. • Module Manufacturing Qualification: Ensure test processes achieve quality, yield, miscorrelation, gain, capability, stability, cost, and customer-risk objectives before transfer and during ramp. • Technology Transfer and Factory Support: Enable successful and timely transfer to ATM factories; provide effective IPG QRE support for engineering, qualification, pilot, and revenue production. • Methodology Ownership: Own, define, and update Test Process Certification methods, specifications, critical success indicators, qualification templates, and release criteria. • QMS Deployment: Establish and maintain FMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, OCAP, calibration, traceability, data integrity, change control, work instructions, and audit-ready evidence. • Excursion and Corrective Action Leadership: Lead MQE, excursion, yield, hardware, and reliability investigations using 8D, 5 Why, fault isolation, DOE, and model-based problem solving; verify corrective action effectiveness and recurrence prevention. • Analytics and Continuous Improvement: Use statistical analysis and manufacturing data to monitor process health, predict emerging risk, reduce escapes, improve qualification efficiency, and strengthen certification decisions. Qualifications: Candidates must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. The experience listed below may be obtained through schoolwork, research, classes and project work, internships, military training, and/or work experience. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience, OR Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience, OR PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field. Relevant Expe