Failure Analysis Engineer

THE COMPANY

Named among Fortune’s 2016 World’s Most Admired Companies, our client offers a world of innovation, learning opportunities, and a strong reputation as environmentally responsible citizens. They are a leading sketch-to-scale™ company that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. With more than 200,000 professionals across 30 countries, and a promise to help the world Live smarter™, our client provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets. We offer a world of innovation, learning opportunities and a strong reputation as environmentally responsible citizens.

THE POSITION

The Failure Analysis Engineer will be based in Milpitas, CA and will be responsible for implementing and maintaining cost-effective methods of troubleshooting systems, software, and/or equipment. You will implement solutions on critical items to propose to customers and keep failure inventories of the repair or manufacturing process in good health. You will maintain and grow the technical knowledge of the team, develop training and cross train employees for the benefit of flexibility of personnel between projects and technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Use electrical testing and diagnostic equipment to test and troubleshoot complex electro-mechanical assemblies
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining cost-effective methods of troubleshooting.
• You will implement solutions on critical items to propose to customers and keep failure inventories of the repair or manufacturing process in good health
• You will maintain and grow the technical knowledge of the team, develop training and cross train employees for the benefit of flexibility of personnel between projects and technologies
• Keep in good health the technician efficiency and effectiveness indicators
• Issue timely test reports summarizing results, deviations, and present recommendations for potential improvements
• Perform deep dive analysis using various types of advance tools and instruments to identifying actual root causes.

THE CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate will meet the following requirements:

• Minimum B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• 3 years of experience in PCBA/Products, Systems or Modules level Failure analysis experience.
• Strong ability to read and interpret schematic and component data sheets and its applications
• Knowledge of electrical tools and methods like Oscilloscopes, TDR, curve tracers, Thermal Imaging (FLIR and Lock-in Thermography), … for fault isolation
• Great communication skills
• Knowledge of reliability testing to relate failure from reliability test failure
• Statistical Analysis capability: able to work with data and analyze for trend and present to management
• Great organization, reporting and presenting skills
• Report and present accurate data
• FMEA or other root cause prediction analysis skills preferred
• Ability to write and interpret scripts or blueprints preferred.