Senior Failure Analysis Engineer - AI-Driven Hardware

Anker Innovations; Ontario (CA); On-site; CAD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10 Days Company Recognized Holidays

Paid time Off - up to 15 Days

401(k) and company match

Medical & Dental & Vision Insurance

Employee Assistant Program

Job summary

Anker Innovations is seeking an experienced Senior Failure Analysis Engineer to lead root-cause analysis of failed electronic products and drive improvements across design and manufacturing. You will work with R&D, Quality, and Manufacturing teams globally to diagnose, document, and resolve complex hardware issues.

The role emphasizes development of diagnostic methods, AI-enabled tools, and comprehensive failure case repositories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; master's preferred.
• 8+ years in electronics hardware failure analysis or related.
• Independent board, circuit, and component-level failure analysis with root-causes.
• Strong knowledge of PCBA design and common failure mechanisms.
• Hands-on with oscilloscopes, DMMs, X-ray, and thermal imaging tools.
• Experience with PMUs, SoCs, charging ICs, Buck/Boost, LDOs.
• Experience troubleshooting I2C, SPI, I2S, PCIe, UART, CAN.
• Structured RCA methodologies: 5 Whys, FTA, Ishikawa, DOE.
• Experience developing 8D reports and CAPA processes.
• Strong technical communication and cross-region collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own technical failure analysis of RMAs from diagnosis to closure.
• Troubleshoot at board, circuit, and component level using tests and signal analysis.
• Diagnose failures in power architectures and related modules.
• Validate digital interfaces like I2C, SPI, PCIe, UART, CAN.
• Use advanced tools to identify electrical, soldering, EMC, ESD failures.
• Produce detailed failure analysis reports and CAPA recommendations.
• Collaborate with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and suppliers globally.
• Contribute to knowledge base and AI-enabled diagnostic tools.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Failure analysis

Root-cause analysis

Diagnostic equipment

Education

Bachelors in EE

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

X-ray systems

Thermal imaging

Job description

Anker Innovations is seeking an experienced Senior Failure Analysis Engineer to lead root-cause analysis of failed electronic products and drive improvements across design and manufacturing. You will work with R&D, Quality, and Manufacturing teams globally to diagnose, document, and resolve complex hardware issues.

The role emphasizes development of diagnostic methods, AI-enabled tools, and comprehensive failure case repositories.