Early-Career Materials Failure Analysis Engineer

EOS; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Eos Energy Enterprises, a leading energy storage company, seeks an Associate Materials Failure Analysis Engineer to support incoming materials quality and RCFA investigations. You will work under guidance to build hands-on experience in materials, electrochemistry, and manufacturing quality across supply chain, R&D, manufacturing, quality, and field service teams.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s in a related engineering field and 0–2 years in failure analysis or a similar lab environment,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or a related field.
• 0-2 years of experience in failure analysis, reliability engineering, quality engineering, or a related lab/manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with failure analysis or inspection techniques (electrical testing, microscopy, dimensional inspection).
• Exposure to root-cause methodologies (5-Why, Fishbone/Ishikawa, FMEA) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support root-cause failure analysis investigations on battery modules and systems under guidance of senior engineers.
• Perform teardown, inspection, and testing of failed units from field or production.
• Conduct analytical testing and document results accurately.
• Assist with incoming parts quality and inspection, including measurements and logging results.
• Help maintain FMEA documentation and failure-mode databases.
• Compile failure data and build trend reports for the engineering team.
• Support supplier quality investigations with data and documentation.
• Draft initial failure analysis reports for review by senior engineers.
• Maintain lab equipment and organize the failure analysis function as it grows.

Skills

RCFA familiarity

Electrical schematics

GD&T reading

Data analysis (Excel/Python)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in materials science

Electrical/mechanical/chemical engineering

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

Job description

Eos Energy Enterprises, a leading energy storage company, seeks an Associate Materials Failure Analysis Engineer to support incoming materials quality and RCFA investigations. You will work under guidance to build hands-on experience in materials, electrochemistry, and manufacturing quality across supply chain, R&D, manufacturing, quality, and field service teams.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s in a related engineering field and 0–2 years in failure analysis or a similar lab environment,