Engineer II - Failure Analysis

Advanced Energy; George Town; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Penang is seeking a Failure Analysis Engineer to support product quality initiatives. The ideal candidate should possess deep knowledge in electronic circuits and related engineering principles with six years of experience, emphasizing troubleshooting and quality management. Responsibilities involve product test analysis, collaboration with engineering teams, and maintaining quality assurance practices. This role offers a rich benefits package including health care and generous paid time off.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Generous paid time off

Employee referral program

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Proficient knowledge in electronic circuits and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to handle moderately complex engineering assignments.
• Strong analytical skills for root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design and modify test fixtures to improve product quality.
• Conduct failure analysis and establish corrective actions.
• Communicate with engineering teams to resolve technical issues.

Skills

Troubleshooting skills in electronic circuits

Effective verbal and written communication skills

FMEA/DOE skills

Ability to manage multiple projects

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electronic major

Certified 6-sigma or equivalent

Tools

Debugging tools for troubleshooting

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Failure Analysis (FA) engineer supports the Failure Analysis Engineering function by the product process review, enhance and develop the analysis method to monitoring field quality data for accuracy and consistency. Performs engineering work in basic and applied research, development, design of new products and/or sustaining of existing products as well. Provide support to factory and design, give useful feedback to help solving the failure. A bridge between supplier, design, and factory.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designs, modifies, and evaluates electronic apparatus components or circuitry for use in electronic equipment and devices.
• Creates, modifies, sustains, and maintains software for testing. Verify and improve test coverage.
• Design and modify the test fixture to meet and improve the product quality and decrease the operation cost by move detect (CA/PA) failure as early as we can.
• Designs power supply circuits based on previously used topologies to meet specific parameters. Includes loop stability, magnetic design, and worst case component analysis.
• Understands the new product release and engineering change procedures to support the product during and after its transition into manufacturing.
• Participate in yield and continuous improvement action.
• Product test field failure analysis support. Perform simulation and evaluation, duplicate failures detected in the field and provide Root Cause Analysis and RCCA.
• Customer field failure analysis support. Attend Customer’s meeting and present on the failure analysis finding / root cause and provide effective RCCA & related preventative action.
• Responsible, coordinate and deliver daily Failure Analysis WIP turns around for daily Production fulfillment inclusive of Top-Level Assembly (TLA) and In Source Sub Assembly.
• Responsible for group of technicians, coordination of Failure Analysis output based on Customer’s demand. Provide training to FA technician to be competent to the allocated Product Platform.
• Establish / Maintain Failure Analysis Data pool, generate/enhance Failure Analysis Guideline to improve productivity and accuracy. Drive for Yield improvement with various departments such as Production/Hybrid/Test/Process/SQE/Quality. Quality improvement for workmanship, test coverage enhancement, test accuracy, Supplier Quality Improvement.
• Communication with Product Development / Engineering team for any unknown / Hardcore failure for resolution within the shortest time.
• Core player in NPI / New derivative Part Number introduction. Failure Analysis for unknown technical issue, communicate with Product Development/Engineering team for resolution within the shortest time.
• Provide disposition of the defective parts in MRB meeting. Engineering decision for Rework, RTV, Scrap with engineering data support.
• Custodian for FA Non-Netting Inventory. Responsible for Inventory Accuracy and requires performing the periodical inventory count upon request from Inventory Team.
• Adhere to organizational requirements on quality management, health and safety, code of conduct, legal stipulations, environmental, 5S policies and general duty of care.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficient knowledge and troubleshooting skills in electronic circuits, components, PCBs, and manufacturing processes.
• Strong knowledge in the physical structure, properties, and behavior of engineering materials to identify primary modes of failure for electrical components, PCBs, and assemblies.
• Requires effective verbal and written communication skills to clearly convey factual learnings.
• Ability to handle moderately complex engineering assignments.
• Ability to exercise good judgment to resolve problems.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to manage many projects at one time.
• Ability to be creative.
• Engineering skills include FMEA/DOE and Reliability Engineering.
• Prepare CA/PA report to internal or external customer.
• Tooling is needed for troubleshooting/debug/test theory/Engineering prototype unit.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of six (6) years related experience.
• Electrical safety training (additional company safety courses may be required). Familiar with plant operation system.
• Have good knowledge of 8D, FMEA, lean manufacturing.
• Electronic circuit troubleshooting skills.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’ Degree in Electronic major or equivalent education.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in technical engineering.
• Certified 6-sigma or equivalent statistical, problem-solving methodology.

BENEFITS

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce.

Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan, and etc.

In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In Malaysia, we offer a rich benefits package that includes:

• Medical - health care plan, dental, and vision.
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance.
• Executive Employee Health Screening package.
• Generous paid time off starting at 15 days and 19 public holidays.
• 98 days of paid maternity leave for Moms and 7 working days of paid paternity leave for Dads.
• AE Child-Of-Employee Scholarship Program.
• Employee Referral Program.
• Career Growth and Learning Opportunity.