Senior Hardware Failure Analysis Lead — High-Speed Systems

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Medical Coverage

401K Plan

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in San Jose, CA seeks a Senior Engineer to lead end-to-end hardware investigations, diagnose high-speed board issues, and drive cross-functional RCFA with SI, PI, firmware, and mechanical teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration with external silicon vendors and labs, translating findings into design-for-reliability and manufacturing improvements, while mentoring junior engineers and shaping failure analysis practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware engineering or system-level failure analysis.
• Expertise in PCIe Gen4/5/6, DDR4/5, HBM, 56G/112G/224G SerDes, optical transceivers.
• Proven ability to direct external silicon suppliers and analytical labs for component-level FA.
• Strong communication to articulate complex findings to executives and enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical investigations for critical field escalations and complex system failures across hardware, signal integrity, power delivery, thermal dynamics, and firmware.
• Formulate structured FA hypotheses, design fault isolation trees, and direct lab engineers in executing test plans on high-speed boards and multi-chassis systems.
• Drive cross-functional RCFA with ASIC Architecture, SI, PI, Mechanical/Thermal, Diagnostics, and Software teams.
• Partner with component vendors, foundries, and OSATs to drive component-level physical FA (CSAM, X-Ray, FIB, SEM/EDX, decapsulation, micro-probing).
• Synthesize field and manufacturing failure data to drive DFR/DFD/DFM requirements for next-gen hardware.
• Establish standardized RCFA methodologies and mentor junior engineers in the FA team.

Skills

Signal processing

Education

B.S./M.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in San Jose, CA seeks a Senior Engineer to lead end-to-end hardware investigations, diagnose high-speed board issues, and drive cross-functional RCFA with SI, PI, firmware, and mechanical teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration with external silicon vendors and labs, translating findings into design-for-reliability and manufacturing improvements, while mentoring junior engineers and shaping failure analysis practices.