Sr. Failure Analysis Engineer

The Fountain Group; California, Santa Clara (MO, CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Sr. Failure Analysis Engineer to join their team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving product failure analysis, characterizing failures, and resolving escalated issues. You'll work closely with the Hardware Quality Engineering team to ensure product integrity and quality. This position offers a dynamic work environment where your expertise in hardware debugging, Linux system administration, and effective communication will be highly valued. If you're looking to make an impact in a collaborative setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Referral Bonus

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in the computer networking industry required.
• Expertise in hardware debugging and failure analysis is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Drive returned product failure analysis and escalate issues to the Hardware Quality Engineering team.
• Maintain accurate data entry into SAP and Salesforce database tools.

Skills

Linux System Administration

Outstanding Communication Skills

Failure Analysis

Hardware Debugging

Programming (Python, Tcl, Shell Script)

Networking Knowledge

Data Entry Accuracy

Education

BSEE

BSCS

BSCE

BSET

Tools

SAP

Salesforce

JIRA

Allegro Viewer

Cadence PCB Design

Job description

The Fountain Group. We are a national staffing firm and are currently seeking a Sr. Failure Analysis Engineer for a prominent client of ours. This position is located in Santa Clara, CA.

Details for the position are as follows:

Job Description:

• Pay: $46.30/hr – (W2).
• Shift hours: (1st shift): 8:00am to 4:30pm - Monday through Friday (Onsite).
• 12 month assignment – possibility to extend or convert based on performance and budget.
• Drive returned product Failure Analysis, characterizing failures, and escalating issues and trends to the Hardware Quality Engineering team.
• Resolve escalated RMA's by determining the hardware root cause of the failure issue.
• Track and report on RMA failure trends by product and cause to the Tech Op's team.
• Track the progress of all in-progress RMA's requiring FA and prioritize accordingly.
• Monitor process and product corrective actions to ensure changes were effective in improving the product.
• Maintain accurate data entry into SAP and Salesforce database tools.

Qualifications:

• Education: Minimum BSEE, BSCS, BSCE, or BSET required. 10+ years related experience required in the computer networking industry.
• Expert technical skills in the manufacturing test environment, both PCBA and box build/system level assemblies.
• Strong Linux system administration knowledge.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A highly collaborative working style is a must.
• Moderate to fluent in programming languages and tools used for the test environment (Linux OS, Tcl, Expect, Shell Script, Python, Network Switch, Terminal Server, and PDU).
• Ability to apply a working knowledge of server/client and IP based networking hardware architecture, both system and component level, to the test environment.
• Demonstrated ability at hardware debugging to component level and fault isolation is mandatory.
• Familiarity with test engineering principles, methods and industry standard "best practices" in a manufacturing test environment including JTAG, boundary scan, 2-corner and 4-corner testing.
• Knowledge of Salesforce, JIRA and SAP desired.
• Ability to read schematics and view board files (Allegro Viewer and Cadence PCB Design).
• System administration required.
• Read schematics required.
• Networking required.
• PCBA required.
• LINUX required.

Additional Skills:

• PYTHON
• JTAG
• CADENCE
• Network switch
• JIRA
• SALESFORCE
• PCB design
• Test engineering
• Accurate data entry
• Failure analysis engineer
• Failure analysis
• Outstanding communication
• Terminal server
• Database
• System level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

If you are interested in hearing more about the position, please respond to this posting with your resume attached or contact me at 813 497-9090.

Please forward this email to any friends or colleagues as we do offer a Referral Bonus for any candidate who is hired and still gainfully employed after 30 days.