Failure Analysis Engineer Jobs

Job Title: Senior Engineer - Failure Analysis Company: Western Digital Location: Lake Forest, CA Description: Performs failure analysis for drives that failed during product development, manufacturing process, reliability tests, or customer returned drives including qualification failures, line failures and field failures. Failure analysis includes determining root-cause of hard drive failure at H.D.A (Head and Disk Assembly). In addition to performing analysis to root cause of failure to ensure corrective actions are implemented on particular failures to prevent them from occurring on future products and/or to make sure we can prevent the same type of failure from continuing to ship from our factory process via screens/additional tests.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Performing failure analysis to root cause on failed hard drivesWriting detailed failure analysis reports which are used by design engineers to improve the design, or to Customer Engineering to communicate failure mode to the customerMust be hands on with drive tear down, optical inspections, Candela, SEM, AFM

Job Title: Cause & Origin Failure Analysis Engineer, P.E. Company: Donan Engineering Co Inc Location: Louisville, KY Description: Cause & Origin Failure Analysis Engineer, P.E.Louisville, Kentucky Are you a problem solver?  Do you enjoy getting dirty on the job?  Have you ever taken something apart just to understand how it functions?  Do you have excellent writing skills?  Are you motivated when working on your own?  Would you prefer working for a small family owned company rather than an impersonal giant?  Do you have integrity?  Do you demand personal excellence from yourself? If you can honestly answer yes to all of the above questions you may have what it takes to embark upon an exciting and personally satisfying career opportunity at Donan Engineering Co., Inc.  Donan Engineering is a 60 year established firm that sets the standard for excellence in forensic engineering throughout and beyond our twelve-state region.  We site visit, analyze and report on thousands of small and large failure related projects each year and no two are identical.  Our engineers’ and fire investigators’ decisions often have huge monetary and legal implications for our clients.  These clients choose us again and again because they know we will provide them with sound, well reasoned, insightful and most importantly honest opinions about the cause or causes of a defect, accident, or other failure related problem.  Our clients expect and we deliver, lightning fast response along with efficient and concise reporting and it is because of the caliber of the employees we hire that we have been able to do this and grow year after year. We demand a lot, but we only hire those who demand even more of themselves.  If this is you and you have the experience and education to back it up, please send us your resume and cover letter to Register to View  This opportunity is based in Louisville, Kentucky. Requirements and Benefits: Must be registered Mechanical or Electrical Professional Engineer or eligible for P.E. license in Kentucky Investigative expert of appliances and plumbing Fields of investigation may extend to automotive or construction Enjoys hands on failure analysis Material science background, experience in failure analysis of metal or plastics a plus Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes a competitive salary, bonus structures, and full benefits To learn more about Donan Engineering Co., Inc. visit our website:  www.donan.com    ;

Job Title: Failure Analysis Engineer Company: Location: San Francisco, CA Description: VC backed exciting thin film solar start-up in San Jose is seeking an experienced Failure Analysis Engineer to join its engineering team. In this position the individual will carry out failure analysis of samples from production lots and design tests and experiments to confirm performance of the tyhin film PV device. Requires hands on involvement in the execution of the test plan and collection of data. As necessary, contract with outside labs to perform testing in accordance with goals of the test plan and oversee testing at the offsite facility. The individual will analyze data and prepare a written summary of the findings and any conclusions, and make recommendations to solve the problems discovered during the failure analysis and participate in cross-functional team discussions to resolve the root cause of the defects. Job Requirements : ? Experience with Thin Film PV devices, modules and panels and methods of characterization. ? Strong knowledge of material properties common to and relevant for the PV industry. ? Experience specifying the type and level of testing required for a given film or device. ? Program management experience. ? Strong background in setting up manual and automated test equipment. ? Failure analysis experience, preferably in thin film PV area ? Strong data-mining and analysis skills. ? Experience with statistical tools and statistical data analysis such as JMP. ? Driven individual that excels in a fast-paced environment MS or PhD in Engineering, Material Science, Chemistry, or Physics from a Top Tier University. Minimum 3-5 years of failure analysis experince with at least one year experience in thin film PV area. US Citizens or Green Card Holders Only.

Job Title: Failure Analysis Engineer Company: Harris Corporation Location: Baltimore, MD Description: Failure Analysis EngineerJob ID: HITS07091135Failure Analysis EngineerDescription:Job Title: Failure Analysis EngineerJob Code: HITS07091135Job Description:*Responsible for the documentation, requirements management, integration, troubleshooting and/or testing analysis of electronic, mechanical and/or software devices, products and systems.*Understands and applies all applicable engineering processes.*Estimates impact of unforeseen problems and elevates significant problems to appropriate management and engineering personnel.Qualifications:*A Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Electrical, Material or Mechanical Engineering, or Chemistry may be substituted for four (4) years of experience.*Excellent oral and written communications skills.*Minimum of ten (10) years experience in Chemical, Electrical, Material or Mechanical Engineering Technology or Chemistry with knowledge of electrical components or equivalent.*The candidate shall have a minimum of five (5) years experience in VLSI device Failure Analysis.*Experience with a wide variety of part types to include RAM, EPROM, EEPROM, micro-processors, special purpose custom circuits or semi-custom Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs).*Demonstrated ability to work with chip designers and test engineers to analyze device failures and make recommendations for corrective actions.*Working knowledge of the Scanning Electron Microscopes, Focused Ion Beams or other associated diagnostic equipment.Preferred Additional Skills:*Some travel may be required.*Experience with the Intelligence CommunityThis position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a security clearance. In order to obtain a clearance you need to be a US Citizen and show proof of citizenship.By submitting your r sum for this position, you understand and agree that Harris Corporation may share your r sum , as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.Requirements:Expertise EngineeringEducation High School (or equivalent work experience)JobType Full TimeLocale USA - MD - Annapolis JunctionCompensation 75000 - 90000Preferred Language English

Job Title: Destructive/Failure Analysis Engineer Company: Visium Resources of Florida Location: Huntsville, AL Description: Contract to Direct The Failure Analysis Engineer will perform root cause metallurgical failure analysis of rotorcraft components in support of the Army’s Aviation Quality Deficiency Reporting system.  Specific Duties: • Participate in tear-down analysis, identify components that are likely involved in the failure, and specify the testing required to reveal the root cause • Perform failure analysis • Coordination of various engineering organizations Required Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 5 years directly related work experience required.  Additional Requirements:  • Ability to successfully complete company Background Investigation to include; 50 State Criminal, Education and Employment; Additionally, your ability to successfully complete a Credit and/or Driving Records Checks may be conducted if required by the contract for continued employment. • Possession of an INTERIM SECRET security clearance is required to begin employment; Ability to maintain a SECRET security clearance is required for continued employment; US Citizenship is required. • Knowledge and experience of complex mechanical subsystems such as transmissions • Knowledge and experience with materials regarding processing, inspection, and testing • Knowledge and experience with destructive testing and non-destructive testing methods • Ability to perform analyses involving SEM/EDS, metallography, optical microscopy, hardness testing, micro-hardness testing, optical emission spectroscopy, and conductivity testing • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, Technical Manuals (TM), Depot Maintenance Work Requirements (DMWR), etc. and recommend testing to prove/disprove a component’s conformance to all required specifications • Ability to track multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities • Education and/or background in metallurgical/materials engineering • Ability to effectively work with a team of engineers and technicians • Ability to effectively and accurately communicate (both verbal and written) results of failure analysis, clearly identify a root cause(s), and make recommendations for corrective action(s) • Ability to guide the work of technicians • Aviation experience REQUIRED Desired Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: • Direct experience with rotorcraft and/or aerospace components • Direct Aircraft & Powerplant (A&P) experience

Job Title: Sr. Failure Analysis Engineer Company: Sanmina-SCI Corporation Location: Foothill Ranch, CA Description: NATURE OF WORK: Responsible for the reliability and failure analysis lab operations in the analysis of process or field failures. Works with major memory device suppliers to develop quality plans, reliability monitoring requirements, and periodic report strategies for new and existing products. Must be able to obtain and analyze data needed to produce concise answers in customer failure analysis reports. Will set up and perform periodic reliability testing, and assist with component level failure analysis related to PCB assemblies to determine appropriate next steps in the analysis process. Will also coordinate external resources for semiconductor device FA’s and interpret results and be involved in a wide scope of opportunities for improvements related to manufacturing processes and products. Recommend corrective actions to address process trends based on root causes of failures. Define resources or tools required to support failure investigations such as external labs that can provide services for thermal screening, accelerated testing, cross section, emission microscopy, product performance over temperature and voltage, etc. Will have responsibility for Failure Analysis lab for feedback to support design and process control, new product qualification, test coverage, correlation, and test program control. Works to close investigations of semiconductor related failure trends and minimize yield impacts for processes and products to ensure that Viking supplies high quality, reliable products to our customers. Provide information or act as liaison between Viking and the customer regarding semiconductor quality issues.Set metrics for semiconductor supplier performance. Will generate reports that highlight improvement opportunities for process, design, packaging or handling, supplier development, etc. JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Work with New Product Development to identify test plans appropriate for unproven or non-standard design approaches, new technology, materials, processes, etc. Develop Highly Accelerated Life Test plans that define product samples, resources, scheduling, etc. Generate HALT reports that define product and process improvements based on test results.Develop Reliability Monitoring plans for established products. Generate reports that propose improvements for product or processes based on test results. Generate product field tracking reports for various products that show performance compared to expected trends or goals for return rates and costs and support corrective actions. Track product performance by month built or similar segments of time to gauge product reliability performance. Develop and manage methods for tracking process failure trends based on failure analysis results; make recommendations for corrective actions, track cost for products recovered in the FA process and costs of scrap forced by restrictions in resources, technical ability, complexity, etc. Supervise reliability lab schedules, equipment, space, security, training, etc. Establish off site test resources and logistics methods necessary to support various product test plans. Test plans must contain availability for immediate responses for screens or sampling tests to resolve real time process opportunities that require quick measures of performance or risk impacts. Track or retrieve test results of product samples, batch, or work order processing for each test conducted internal or external. REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:Requires a detailed understanding of circuit card assembly processes focusing on DRAM and FLASH devices, components and computer sub-systems thermal dynamics, failure analysis techniques, equipment, etc. Understand standard PCB fab, semiconductor packaging processes, and packaging types including uBGA and CSP package technologies and associated the risks, etc. Must know analog and digital circuit analysis techniques for board and component level. Must have extensive experience in environmental test techniques, retrieval of data needed to support product yield improvement and failure analysis of circuits using equipment such as curve tracer, ATE parametric analyzer, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, and other advanced analytical tools. Must be familiar with CAD, CAM, and must know databases, EXCEL, MS Word, etc. Knowledge of DOE or other specialized software related to reliability is a plus. Must have a minimum of BS Electrical Engineering or equivalent in combined education and experience, with a minimum of 3 years in a technical position preferably in the memory or similar industry. Key skills are similar to leadership in project management and the ability to analyze technical details related to electrical, mechanical, handling, and industry packaging issues. Strong written and verbal communication skills are required. ASQ certification and Six Sigma experience is a plus.

Job Title: Senior Failure Analysis Engineer Company: Aptina Imaging Location: San Jose, CA Description: Job Description:As a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer in the Quality Assurance Group at Aptina, you will work on a product support team that targets to support the customers at mass production level. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following: ? Give technical guidelines and assist the technicians and junior engineer on EFA and PFA characterization of sensors.? Interface with Product Engineering, manufacturing, and design for various product quality related issues? Demonstrate the technical capabilities to help customers to solve technical issues on site? Circuit debugging at sensor module, package-level, as well as die level? Conduct electrical and physical failure analysis of customer returns, identify the root cause of failure and respond with appropriate corrective actions.? Technical customer support regarding failure analysis reports and miscellaneous correspondence as required by the customers.? Handle multiple customer returns/issues on one time? Manage RMA TAT to meet customer expectations? Support field QA engineers in a timely mannerQualifications:Successful candidates for this position will have:? Device reliability and qualification experience. Familiarity with CMOS semiconductor device manufacturing process is a plus.? In depth understanding of CMOS Image sensor functionality and testing preferred? Knowledge of physics and optics related to camera modules preferred? Proficient with EFA tools like Migmate, Devware, Teradyne testers, and oscilloscopes? Proficient with PFA tools to perform IREM/SEM/TEM/EDX/FIB? Strong technical and problem solving skills? Good communication and organizational skills. ? Ability to work well and lead in a team environment.? Minimum 2 year working experience in semiconductor industryEducation: Bachelor degree in EE, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent

Job Title: Warranty Failure Analysis Engineer Company: Johnson Control, Inc. Location: York, PA Description: Warranty Failure Analysis EngineerESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:This hands-on position will support Large Tonnage Chillers, Small Tonnage Air and Water Cooled Chillers and other commercial systems products through testing warranty return components to identify root cause of failure. The main objective of this position is to provide factual information to the Global Supplier Quality group regarding the root cause of failure for the appropriate fault assignment in the Service Defect Warranty system. The engineer will work with suppliers, Global Supplier Quality, engineering, and product technical support to design, document and carry-out analyses of returned components.Responsible for creating, documenting and performing various analyses on components to identify root cause. Meet with any/all groups to disseminate and agree upon analysis plans.Upon analysis completion, create a formal failure analysis report of the data and report findings to Global Supplier Quality and other groups as needed (Product Technical Support, Engineering, Supplier, etc.).Work with suppliers to schedule analyses and required resources needed. Coordinate third party analysis (e.g. metallurgical, eddy current, water quality, etc.) as required.Generate and communicate warranty component return metrics.Maintain calibration of analysis equipment.Individual must be proficient in Technical Writing and in using Microsoft Office tools (Access, Excel, Word, etc.) to create Failure Analysis Reports and accompanying documentation.Individual must be capable of using various systems within the organization (Service Defect System, Engineering Drawings, BOMs, Mapics Descriptions, etc.).Performs daily 5S activities to keep area clean, organized and safe.Individual must be capable of effectively communicating to various areas of the organization (e.g. supplier quality, supply chain, product technical support, engineering, plant quality, field service, etc.).Must be capable of using various test equipment (e.g. gauges, simulators, test boxes, multimeters, curve tracer, oscilloscope, etc.).Individual must be proficient at using the 8D corrective action process.Individual must be proficient at reviewing supplier 8D corrective actions.TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:Occasional travel to address technical issues

Job Title: Failure Analysis Engineer Company: Intel Corporation Location: Hillsboro, OR Description: As a Failure Analysis Engineer you will be responsible for identifying and researching from Si process component failures to improve product yield, quality and/or reliability. Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:- Evaluates the electrical, thermal and mechanical characteristics of integrated circuits, components, sub-components, and systems to determine the root cause of failure. - Analyzes failure reports and recommends corrective action to prevent reoccurrence of problems. - Uses various analytical techniques such as transmission electron microscopy and chemical analysis to obtain key information to pinpoint the root-cause of the issues encountered during development or manufacturing- Support cross-site problem-solving and technology transfer and startup and the automation- Enable core FA capabilities needed to support advanced technology and/or product development. May necessitate the development of improved/new tools and methods.- Collaborating with device and process development engineers to determine the relationship of materials properties to electrical performance and other Quality/Reliability Engineers to assist in risk assessment.

Job Title: Failure Analysis Engineer Job Company: Stryker Location: Kalamazoo, MI Description: Failure Analysis Engineer Job Job Title: Failure Analysis EngineerDivision: Stryker InstrumentsLocation: (Country - State) United States - MichiganCity or Sales Region: 49001Business Function: Research & DevelopmentShift: 1stEducation and/or Special Training: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Mechanical preferredJob Description: This position is part of the Complaint Handling Process Improvement Initiative.Failure analysis of products returned for service at Instruments Division in Kalamazoo.Develop a comprehensive list of known failure modes and relevant root cause information for product families.Create diagnostic procedures and data sheets for Quality Technicians to use for diagnosis of returned products.Where applicable, develop prescription for repair of the returned product.Perform component level analysis based on findings during failure analysis of products, i.e. e-Box failures, motors etc. to determine second level root cause information to drive continuous improvement of selected products.-NOTE: This position requires experience with the direct design of the product and sub-assembly AND failure analysis of the product, sub-assembly, and components.Qualifications/Work Experience: -Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Mechanical preferred-3 years of R&D experiencePercent Travel Required 0Requisition ID: 9688BR