Senior Electrical Failure Analysis Engineer (Networking)

NVIDIA Gruppe; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Gruppe in Houston, TX is seeking a seasoned failure analysis engineer to analyze returned networking hardware, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions across global teams. You will collaborate with CM, repair, engineering, quality, and supply chain to improve diagnostics, repair flows, and documentation.

Requires 5+ years of experience and a strong background in Ethernet hardware, schematics, and data center products. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related technical field.
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Experience with networking hardware products such as Ethernet switches, NICs, adapters, transceivers, or data center hardware.
• Strong troubleshooting and failure analysis skills.
• Ability to read schematics and review test logs.
• Experience with manufacturing, repair, RMA, or service operations.
• Strong analytical skills and pattern identification.
• Good written and spoken communication; escalation of findings.

Responsibilities

• Support technical analysis of returned networking products, including switches, adapters, cards, and related hardware.
• Perform or guide troubleshooting, diagnostics, and failure verification at the CM/service location.
• Analyze return data to identify recurring failure modes, quality trends, and potential systemic issues.
• Work with repair technicians and CM teams to improve debug accuracy, repair flow, and root-cause identification.
• Review test logs, diagnostic results, failure symptoms, and repair history to determine next steps.
• Call out complex technical issues and failure trends to global support engineers, product engineering, quality, and design teams.
• Document failure analysis findings, debug steps, corrective actions, and technical recommendations; support containment actions for high-impact or repeated failures.
• Help improve service procedures, test coverage, repair instructions, and diagnostic documentation.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams across operations, quality, supply chain, customer support, and engineering.
• Ensure returned products are handled according to quality, ESD, and process requirements; provide regular reporting on top failure modes, return trends, unresolved issues, and escalation status.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Diagnostics

Data analysis

Documentation

Communication

Cross-functional work

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Computer Engineering degree

Electronics degree

Tools

Ethernet switches

NICs

Transceivers

Data center hardware

Job description

NVIDIA Gruppe in Houston, TX is seeking a seasoned failure analysis engineer to analyze returned networking hardware, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions across global teams. You will collaborate with CM, repair, engineering, quality, and supply chain to improve diagnostics, repair flows, and documentation.

Requires 5+ years of experience and a strong background in Ethernet hardware, schematics, and data center products. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package.