Failure Analysis Engineer

Title: Failure Analysis Engineer (not traditional Hardware Engineer)
Location: On-site in Santa Clara, CA
Duration: 6 months, (extendable contract)

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 3-5 years of related professional experience, or Master's degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 2-3 years of experience.
• Ability to work independently and drive cross-functional teams to perform root cause analysis using 8D Problem Solving process
• Provide timely updates and summary reports on analysis results
• Support failure analysis inspection tasks (optical, IR, X-ray, SAM)

Nice-to-haves:

• Hands-on experience with curve tracing, Optical/IR Microscope, and SAM analysis
• Experience with basic electrical tools and methods such as Digital Multi-meter (DMM), Oscilloscopes, Power Supplies
• Familiar with electrical fault isolation techniques such as thermal emission and photon emission

Top 3 Required Skills

• Failure Analysis (FA) experience
• 8D Report Writing (root cause, corrective actions)
• Collaborate across teams
• Hands-on with FA Tools: Curve tracing, X-ray, Optical microscopes, Scanning acoustic microscope, Infrared inspection, Emission microscopy, Possibly SEM (scanning electron microscope)

Job Responsibilities

• Own the entire FA process for customer returns and internal failures
• Perform visual inspections, coordinate electrical analysis
• Lead the 8D problem-solving process
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Deliver root cause analysis and corrective action reports

Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree in: Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Lab Environment: Standard lab attire: ESD smock, lab coat, No cleanroom suit required
Minimal chemical exposure (e.g., acetone, alcohol)