Failure Analysis Engineer - US

Associer Intl; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Associer Intl is seeking a qualified FA specialist to lead a fault analysis team for lithium battery systems. You will analyze failure causes using 8D, FTA, fishbone, and 5WHY, including disassembly of cells and modules.

You’ll drive improvements, coordinate analysis resources, and report outcomes to customers, with strong teamwork and communication required. The role expects a bachelor degree in electronics, materials or machinery, and proficiency with CATIA and office software, plus fluent

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or above in electronics, materials or machinery.
• Strong understanding of lithium battery and power battery systems.
• Experience with FTA, fishbone diagrams and 5WHY for failure analysis.

Responsibilities

• Form a Failure Analysis (FA) team and organize fault information.
• Conduct failure cause analysis using 8D, FTA, fishbone diagrams and 5WHY; include cell & module disassembly.
• Improve meeting planning and verification plans; lead analysis discussions.
• Follow up on improvement measures and verify effects.
• Prepare FA statistics and output 8D reports for lessons learned.
• Coordinate resources related to the analysis process.
• Report findings to customers as required.

Skills

Fault analysis

8D methodology

FTA

Fishbone diagram

5WHY

Data analysis

CATIA

Office software

English proficiency

Team communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics/Materials/Machinery

Tools

CATIA

Job description

Our client is a global leader of new energy innovative technologies, committed to providing premier solutions and services for new energy applications worldwide.

The Job:

Job Responsibilities

• 1. FA team formation (sort out and count the fault information and establish a failure analysis team);
• 2. Failure cause analysis (using 8D logic, skillfully using FTA, fishbone diagram, 5WHY and other methods to analyze failure causes, including cell & module disassembly);
• 3. Improve the overall planning of meetings (convene team members, discuss and formulate analysis, and improve the verification plan);
• 4. Follow up the implementation of improvement measures (timely follow up and confirm the improvement verification effect);
• 5. FA statistics and experience sharing, and output 8D report (form lesson learning and form a closed loop);
• 6. Coordination of resources related to the analysis process;
• 7. Report to customers as required.

Job Requirements:

• 1. At least 3 years FA related experience or at least 1 year BMS related working experience is preferred;
• 2. Bachelor degree or above, major in electronics, materials or machinery;
• 3. Understand the structure and functional principle of lithium battery and power battery system, as well as the production and manufacturing process, and master the failure mechanism of the system involving machinery, electricity, chemistry, heat and so on;
• 4. Understand scientific and engineering analysis methods such as FTA, fishbone diagram and 5WHY, and have strong logical thinking ability;
• 5. Can use CATIA and other drawing software, can identify 3D drawing and product explosion drawing, skillfully use office software, and have certain data analysis and processing ability;
• 6. Have a sense of teamwork, strong communication skills and strong pressure resistance;
• 7. Proficient in foreign language listening, speaking, reading and writing (English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, etc.).