Failure Analysis Engineer

Be part of a centralized Product Integrity Team. This is an opportunity to influence the future of Meta’s infrastructure as we build FA framework from the grounds up that is needed to scale our current services and support long term goal of meeting Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).Candidate gets to work on state of the projects including custom ASICs, Robotics and able to spruce FA relationship with worldwide supply and manufacturing base. Candidate will be applying knowledge of system hardware, electrical, and materials analysis to perform failure analysis across different issues and provide a turnkey solution to arrive on corrective actions.

Failure Analysis Engineer Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of identifying and characterizing failures on Data Center HW that leads to successful identification of RootCause of the failure
• Experience using FA equipment such as Optical/Digital Microscopes, Oscilloscopes, X-ray, SEM needed to successfully complete FA projects
• Work closely with HW Reliability to Root Cause reliability failures
• Recreate and identify failures observed in engineering, production, and field as needed for efficient fault isolation
• Debugging thermal related PCB and electrical module failures
• Develop Corrective actions for various failures observed based on Physics Of Failure methodology and validate the same
• Taking additional steps to ensure prevention of similar issues from repeating on new NPI programs
• Quantify FA in terms of improvements in yield, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, testability, capacity, and cost when needed
• Validate and verify supplier and vendor FA
• Work with cross functional teams from all disciplines to determine and or discuss Root Cause
• SOP creation for vendors and suppliers to repeat similar FA analysis if and when needed
• Lab organization and detailed documentation leading to effective FA reports
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with SEM, DB-FIB, mechanical polishing, dicing, EDS, mechanical probing, EBIC/EBAC, OBIRCH, LADA, TIVA, etc
• Systematic FA approach application and experience to methodically break down a system or process into subparts to isolate failures and troubleshoot to a component level
• Bachelors in Electrical or Mechanical engineering or Materials Science with 6 years of failure analysis experience
• Proven proficiency with the use of eFA equipment including Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, frequency generators, source meters, and multimeters
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fault localization skills for PCIE gen 5/6 and DDR gen 5/6
• Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineer or Materials Science with direct Data Center HW FA experience
• Fault localization skills for custom Si/ASICs
• Experience analyzing datacenter failures (rack level hardware and/or datacenter infrastructure hardware)
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
  
  

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$144,000/year to $204,000/year bonus equity benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.