Component reliability impacts the bottom line of every supplier and customer in the optics industry. Nevertheless, a solid understanding of the fundamental principles of reliability is often limited to a small team of engineers who are responsible for product reliability for an entire organization. There is tremendous value in expanding this knowledge base to others to ensure that all stakeholders (product engineers, managers, technicians, and even customers) speak a "common language" with respect to the topic of reliability. <p> </p> This course provides a broad foundation in reliability engineering methods applied to lifetest design and data analysis. While the course focuses on the application of reliability engineering to optoelectronic devices, the underlying principles can be applied to any component.