Associate Failure Analysis Engineer – Data-Driven, Onsite

QuantumScape Battery, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

RSU/Equity

Health care

ESPP

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

QuantumScape Battery, Inc. in San Jose, CA seeks an Associate Failure Analysis Engineer (AMTS) to build a foundation in failure analysis and reliability engineering.

This early-career role is ideal for a recent graduate with no prior industry experience, working alongside experienced FA engineers to analyze failure-mode data and translate findings into actionable feedback for manufacturing and quality teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Science, completed or expected by start date.
• No prior industry experience required — early-career/new-graduate role.
• Strong data-analysis and problem-solving skills with hands-on data cleaning, analysis, and visualization; Python preferred (pandas, NumPy, matplotlib); JMP acceptable.
• Familiarity with basic statistics (distributions, hypothesis testing, regression).
• Knowledge of material characterization and electrochemistry fundamentals; ability to communicate findings clearly in writing and presentations.
• Comfortable working in a lab/manufacturing environment; hands-on lab experience is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Analyze defect and reliability data across cell batches to identify failure-mode patterns.
• Translate analysis into actionable feedback for manufacturing and quality teams.
• Apply statistics and data-analysis techniques to characterize failure modes and support process improvement.
• Build dashboards, data summaries, and visualizations for quick signal interpretation.
• Support root-cause investigations and link data to physical failure mechanisms.
• Document findings in clear technical reports and presentations.
• Spend time in the lab to observe characterization and ground data analysis in hardware.

Skills

Data-analysis

Problem-solving

Python

Stats basics

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Science

Tools

JMP

Python

SQL

Git

Job description

QuantumScape Battery, Inc. in San Jose, CA seeks an Associate Failure Analysis Engineer (AMTS) to build a foundation in failure analysis and reliability engineering.

This early-career role is ideal for a recent graduate with no prior industry experience, working alongside experienced FA engineers to analyze failure-mode data and translate findings into actionable feedback for manufacturing and quality teams.