Electronic Components Failure Analysis Engineer (AMTS/MTS)

The Aerospace Corporation • El Segundo, CA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Aerospace Corporation is hiring an Electronic Components Failure Analysis Engineer for its Parts, Materials & Processes Department (PMPD) within the Mission Payloads Division. PMPD specialists support electrical, electronic, and electromechanical parts procurement, qualification, application, and root-cause failure analysis, as well as materials and processes, using an in-house electronic component laboratory. The selected candidate will work full time on-site at the company’s El Segundo, California facility.

The role focuses on failure analysis and evaluation of electronic components, reliability risk assessment, and technology planning. The engineer will apply established electrical characterization techniques and evaluation procedures, develop new methods for emerging technologies, prepare analytical reports, document processes, and collaborate with managers, customers, contractors, and component suppliers. The role may be filled at Associate Member of the Technical Staff (AMTS) or Member of the Technical Staff (MTS) level, with additional experience requirements for the MTS level.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in materials science, electrical engineering, physics, or another appropriate discipline.
• Ability to communicate requirements, deadlines, and priorities to a manager, team members, and laboratory technicians.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, conduct, and execute tasks to solve technical problems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and collaborative applications such as SharePoint or Confluence.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and work outside business hours to support customer needs, approximately 10% as required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SSBI security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain the clearance.
• For MTS level: at least 2 years of increasingly responsible, related engineering or scientific experience.
• For MTS level: fundamental knowledge of common failure modes of high-reliability electronic parts.
• For MTS level: experience leading project teams and planning and managing multifaceted electronic-parts failure investigations.
• For MTS level: prior laboratory experience conducting failure analysis of materials and electronic parts using standard equipment and tools, such as a scanning electron microscope.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree from an accredited university in materials science, electrical engineering, physics, or another appropriate discipline.
• More than five years of experience in electronic-component failure analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to perform construction analysis of non-MIL-PRF parts and develop methods for their use in space applications.
• Experience collaborating with contractors, industry working groups, or associations such as NASA Electronics Parts Assurance Group, Defense Logistics Agency, Joint Electron Device Engineering Council, or Automotive Electronics Council to evaluate, select, and adapt active electronic parts for space applications.

Responsibilities

• Perform failure analysis of electronic components.
• Test and evaluate electronic device failures using common failure-analysis tools and equipment.
• Conduct analytical studies of part-reliability risks and future technology planning and development.
• Apply standard electrical characterization techniques, industry-standard procedures, and criteria for nondestructive and destructive evaluation.
• Develop electrical characterization techniques for analyzing emerging technologies.
• Prepare analytical reports that include preliminary findings and recommendations.
• Document processes and procedures.
• Collaborate with management, customers, contractors, and component-supplier personnel during analysis.
• For MTS-level candidates: lead project teams and plan and manage multifaceted electronic-parts failure investigations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options.
• 401(k) plan with company-paid benefits of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service, plus matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested upon hire.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
• Relocation assistance.
• Professional growth and development programs.
• Education assistance programs.
• Inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level