Failure Analysis Engineer

Failure Analysis Engineer

San Jose CA

Permanent Fulltime Role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

A. Education, Experience, and Training

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related field, with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Proven ability to debug complex hardware issues using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and other diagnostic test equipment.
• Experience with electrical and electronic design tools, including CAD, schematic capture, and PCB layout software. Knowledge of testing methodologies such as functional testing, boundary scan, and in-circuit testing is required.
• Working knowledge of key server technologies, including Intel and AMD multi-core processors, DDR3/DDR4 memory, NAND flash memory, and PCA design. Familiarity with protocols and technologies such as PCIe, SAS, SCSI, SATA, Fibre Channel, Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, NVMe, and SSDs is preferred.
• Self-motivated team player capable of working independently in a customer-focused, fast-paced, and demanding environment.
• Understanding of the full hardware and software development lifecycle.
• Experience with hardware, firmware, and software development and testing methodologies.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with both internal teams and external partners.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge and Skills

• Fluency in programming languages such as C#, JavaScript, Python, SQL etc.
• Familiar with Computer OS such as Windows, CentOS, Ubuntu, Linux or Tiny Linux etc.
• Experience in troubleshooting analog and digital circuits. Troubleshoots, debugs, and determines root cause at PCBA and system levels for customer devices.
• Highly proficient in reading and interpreting assembly drawings, schematics, and board layout. Analyzes circuits and layout to identify marginal failure root causes.
• Familiar with the use of a variety of testing and measuring devices such as Functional generator, DMM, oscilloscopes, and Adjustable power supplies.
• Familiar with RMA process. Fluency with data collection and analysis.
• Develops, maintains, and improves all troubleshooting solutions within area or responsibility.
• Demonstrated problem solving and organizational skills. Works with various engineering groups to make sure the RMA products asap return back to customer as requested.
• Knowledge of PCA, System, RMA & Service manufacturing environments.
• Skill in isolating and safely injecting failures to segregate problems during debug from the Server layer into specific PCAs.
• Working knowledge of Linux commands and structures, preferably with at least exposure to IPMITools
• Ability to create, develop and debug algorithms and test tools to aid in isolation of failures, along with strong documentation skills needed to share with others on the team