Senior PCB Failure Analysis Engineer (3-Month Contract)

HM Electronics Inc; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 63,369 - 82,656; Full time

Job summary

HM Electronics Inc in Carlsbad, CA is seeking a Failure Analysis Engineer III for a temporary 3-month assignment. This on-site role focuses on analyzing PCB failure modes, identifying root causes with cross-functional teams, and feeding findings into the MES system.

The position requires 5+ years in designing, providing test solutions, or performing failure and root-cause analysis on electrical PCBs, and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

Qualifications

• Must have thorough understanding of electrical PCB test methods (In-Circuit, Functional PCB, Embedded, System Level).
• Expert understanding of factory operations (SMT, Quality Assurance, etc.).
• Familiar with setting up analysis troubleshooting procedures, equipment and methods.
• Familiar with defect and corrective action reporting (Pareto charts, yield reports, etc.).
• Familiar with fault tree analysis flowcharts and troubleshooting guides.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes top failure modes of PCBs for each product.
• Collaborates with other departments to identify root cause and implement countermeasures.
• Works with Manufacturing Engineering and analysis technicians to feed failure root cause information into MES.
• Works with Quality Assurance on troubleshooting field returns.
• Creates Pareto charts to drive improvement activities within the department.
• Creates analysis tools for new products.
• Assists in the development of analysis technicians.

Skills

PCB failure analysis

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

In-Circuit testing

FMEA tools

Job description

HM Electronics Inc in Carlsbad, CA is seeking a Failure Analysis Engineer III for a temporary 3-month assignment. This on-site role focuses on analyzing PCB failure modes, identifying root causes with cross-functional teams, and feeding findings into the MES system.

The position requires 5+ years in designing, providing test solutions, or performing failure and root-cause analysis on electrical PCBs, and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.