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Ultimate Staffing Services
Failure Analysis Engineer
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An Electronics Engineer designs and develops electronic equipment, from iPods to global positioning systems (GPS). Works primarily with smaller electronic equipment that uses electricity as a means of storing information.
$139,237 / year median in California
-1% projected decline
Job Description
Ultimate Staffing is seeking an Electrical Test Technician/Failure Analysis Engineer in Computers/Laptops for our client in Santa Clara. This is a 100% onsite, temp to perm role with a negotiable starting pay of $35-$45 an hour. Monday -Friday 9am-6pm. Summary The Failure Analysis Engineer uses procedures and instructions to initiate the analysis process when product failure occurs. Investigations are researched for root causes with analysis documented, recorded, and communicated internally and with the client company. Responsible for failure analysis on Customer returned Server/ GPU boards to component level. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other Duties not listed may be assigned. Data Analysis/Communication/Issue Resolution - Prevention - 90% of Job Have ability to system and board level testing and debugging down to components level. Have knowledge to do component swapping, removal to isolate failures and overall deeper FA Visual mechanical inspection (VMI) of Server/GPU board components (Motherboards, GPU, GPU baseboard, CPU, DIMM, NIC, SSD, Power Supply, etc.) and/or electronics components Completes component level trouble shooting (capacitor, resistors, fuse, IC, diode, chip, etc.) and failure analysis Assembly & disassembly of units, computer components and subcomponents Skilled in communication, problem solving, and applying experience and expertise. Complete sample analysis for equipment and process qualifications. Identify optimum analytical approaches critical to problems. Conduct innovative use of new analytical tools, equipment, and methodologies. Develop records and perform various failure analysis on systems and components to identity root cause. Develop formal failure analysis data reporting and present internally and to client. Requires communication with Asia team in emails and conference calls. Be proficient in a large number of applications used for database management and reporting. Follows procedures and diagrams in performing engineering change orders, as required Other duties as assigned. Education and/or Experience Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering 4 years experience in a failure analysis role Comprehensive server knowledge is essential. (BIOS / BMC / CPLD / FPGA, etc.) Ability to use electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes / multi-meters / thermal imaging camera, etc.) Must be able to speak English. Able to speak Mandarin Chinese is a plus.