Failure Analysis Engineer

Gridware; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to enhancing the electrical grid with innovative sensing technologies. As a Failure Analysis Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in diagnosing product failures and driving continuous improvement. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate issues and implement corrective actions. This role offers a dynamic environment where your skills in electronics testing and troubleshooting will be vital. Enjoy a range of benefits, including health coverage and unique paid time off, while contributing to a mission that protects and optimizes our essential power networks.

Benefits

Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Alternating Day Off

"Off the Grid" Paid Break

Commuter Allowance

Company-Paid Training

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in electronics testing and failure analysis.
• Strong understanding of electronic circuits and components.
• Excellent soldering and component-level repair skills.

Responsibilities

• Track failed units and document findings.
• Independently perform failure analysis and identify root causes.
• Develop reports and track trends in failures.

Skills

Electronics Testing

Troubleshooting

Failure Analysis

Soldering

Python Programming

LabView

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

Automatic Test Equipment

Job description

This range is provided by Gridware. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$130,000.00/yr - $150,000.00/yr

About Gridware

Gridware exists to enhance and protect the mother of all networks: the electrical grid. The grid touches everything and the consequences can be dire when it fails: wildfires burn, land is destroyed, property is damaged, and lives are lost.

Our team created an advanced sensing system to continuously analyze critical grid behavior. Utilizing high-precision sensor arrays and intelligence, our system identifies and preemptively mitigates faults. The technology has been proven with utilities to bolster safety, enhance reliability, and reduce outages. The demand for power will only increase. We protect the grid of today while we build the grid of tomorrow.

Gridware is privately held and backed by the best climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. We are headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Role Description

As aFailure Analysis Engineer, you will be responsible for testing, troubleshooting, diagnosing, and determining the root cause of failures of Gridware products. These failing products will include field failures, manufacturing failures, and reliability test failures. You will work closely with field operations, fleet management, manufacturing engineering, contract manufacturing engineering, reliability engineering, hardware engineering, and firmware engineering.

You will play a key role in investigating failures, determining root cause, contributing to corrective action plans, and helping drive continuous product improvement.

About Gridware

Gridware exists to enhance and protect the mother of all networks: the electrical grid. The grid touches everything and the consequences can be dire when it fails: wildfires burn, land is destroyed, property is damaged, and lives are lost.

Our team created an advanced sensing system to continuously analyze critical grid behavior. Utilizing high-precision sensor arrays and intelligence, our system identifies and preemptively mitigates faults. The technology has been proven with utilities to bolster safety, enhance reliability, and reduce outages. The demand for power will only increase. We protect the grid of today while we build the grid of tomorrow.

Gridware is privately held and backed by the best climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. We are headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Role Description

As aFailure Analysis Engineer, you will be responsible for testing, troubleshooting, diagnosing, and determining the root cause of failures of Gridware products. These failing products will include field failures, manufacturing failures, and reliability test failures. You will work closely with field operations, fleet management, manufacturing engineering, contract manufacturing engineering, reliability engineering, hardware engineering, and firmware engineering.

You will play a key role in investigating failures, determining root cause, contributing to corrective action plans, and helping drive continuous product improvement.

Responsibilities

• Tracking failed units from the field, manufacturing, and reliability testing, and documenting findings.
• Independently performing failure analysis and identifying root causes of failing products.
• Work closely with manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams to provide feedback and drive corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain reports, tracking trends in failures and identifying areas for improvement.
• Improve and optimize failure analysis workflows to enhance efficiency and reduce turnaround times.
• Ensure compliance with product return policies and communicate findings to customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Independently perform failure analysis and debugging of hardware and firmware issues.
• Maintain proper records and documentation of failure description, test results, internal & external visual findings, failure isolation, photos, and root cause analysis.
• Work with component suppliers on component-level failure analysis when required.
• Provide technical insights to help improve product designs and manufacturing processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in electronics testing, troubleshooting, and failure analysis, within hardware, electronics, or embedded systems industries.
• Strong understanding of electronic circuits and components, printed circuit boards, electromechanical components, mechanical components, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Proficiency in using electronic test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, etc.), including automatic test equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, mechanical drawings, and technical documentation.
• Excellent soldering / desoldering and component-level repair skills.
• Software programming skills including Python and LabView.
• Knowledge of firmware and embedded systems is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple analyses simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration, documentation, and record keeping.

This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)

Paid parental leave

Alternating day off (every other Monday)

“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.

Commuter allowance

Company-paid training

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  Software Development

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