Dennis Malka Markovitz

- Lead company-wide reliability initiatives across all product lines, overseeing qualification strategy, failure analysis, and test execution. - Coordinate with vendors, internal labs, and cross-functional teams to align qualification efforts with business objectives and customer expectations. - Define and drive the company’s reliability strategy, reporting directly to the VP of Quality Assurance and working closely with Business Unit VPs to ensure alignment on program execution, risk assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives. - Lead direct interactions with key customers — understanding reliability expectations, presenting test results, and implementing solutions tailored to their requirements. - Drive standardization of qualification plans based on JEDEC, MIL-STD-202/810, and AEC-Q, ensuring consistency across projects. - Oversee review of test results, trend analysis, and corrective actions to support product robustness and field reliability. - Promote Qualification by Similarity (QBS) and risk-based test optimization to improve efficiency without compromising product integrity.

- Designed and executed qualification plans in accordance with JEDEC, MIL-STD-202/810, and AEC-Q standards tailored to product application and customer requirements. - Performed reliability predictions (MTBF, MTTF, FIT) and data-driven assessments to evaluate product lifecycle performance. - Led hands-on testing efforts, including coordination with in-house labs and external partners to execute environmental stress testing. - Utilized JMP and statistical tools for data analysis, process control, and monitoring degradation trends over time. - Conducted root cause investigations and led Failure Analysis (FA) activities to resolve product issues and drive corrective actions. - Executed FMEA and supported design risk mitigation during new product introduction phases. - Participated in cross-functional collaboration with design, product, and quality teams throughout product development. - Led Qualification by Similarity (QBS) evaluations to streamline testing requirements and improve efficiency while ensuring product reliability.

Managed the reliability discipline within the system engineering team, supporting development of electro-mechanical products through design reviews, architecture input, and cross-functional collaboration. In the later phase of the role, managed validation of deployed systems with a ~10M reliability budget, overseeing testing, monitoring aging effects, and driving improvements to reduce failures and enhance readiness. Expertise includes: • Performed FMEA and FTA to identify and mitigate design risks. • Built reliability models (MTBF, MTBCF) to support design and validation. • Assessed field reliability and drove design improvements. • Led DOE to validate critical reliability factors. • Conducted failure analysis and statistical data reviews. • Evaluated testability and reliability margins for qualification.

Defining and executing accelerated life/qualification testing for BGA according to JEDEC standards (HTOL, ESD/ LU, TCT, UHAST, HTSL) to assure high reliability throughout life cycle. • Analyzing accelerated stress results, including parametric performance degradation. • Investigation and debug of reliability concerns, including Physical Failure Analysis (PFA). • Leading task forces related to reliability concerns. • Developing and improving work procedures and methodologies. • Coordination with: Design, Test Engineering, Product Engineering, Operation, Project Management, Q&R groups and subcontractors. • Evaluation of performance degradation throughout product lifetime, under various mission profiles.

Research of heat treatments and their Influence on mechanical properties and microstructure of SLM-fabricated Ti-6Al-4V