Electronic Components Failure Analysis Engineer (AMTS/MTS)
About The Position
The Aerospace Corporation is hiring an Electronic Components Failure Analysis Engineer for its Parts, Materials & Processes Department within the Mission Payloads Division. The department provides expertise in electrical, electronic, and electromechanical parts procurement, qualification, application, root cause failure analysis, materials, and processes, supported by an in-house electronic component laboratory. The selected candidate is required to work full time on-site at the facility in El Segundo, California. The role performs failure analysis, testing, and evaluation of electronic components, including reliability risk studies and technology planning. The engineer applies standard electrical characterization techniques and industry procedures for nondestructive and destructive evaluation, and develops new characterization techniques for emerging technologies. The position also prepares analytical reports and process documentation and collaborates with management, customers, contractors, and component suppliers. The position is offered at the Associate Member of the Technical Staff or Member of the Technical Staff level. The MTS level additionally requires at least two years of related experience, knowledge of failure modes in high-reliability electronic parts, experience leading project teams and managing complex investigations, and laboratory experience with standard failure-analysis equipment.
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 managers, 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 the Member of the Technical Staff level: at least two years of increasingly responsible, related engineering or scientific experience.
- For the Member of the Technical Staff level: fundamental knowledge of common failure modes of high-reliability electronic parts.
- For the Member of the Technical Staff level: experience leading project teams, planning, and managing multifaceted electronic-parts failure investigations.
- For the Member of the Technical Staff level: prior laboratory experience analyzing 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.
- Ability to perform construction analysis of non-MIL-PRF parts and develop appropriate methods for 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 during evaluation, selection, and adaptation of active electronic parts for space-related 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 and industry-standard procedures and criteria for nondestructive and destructive evaluation.
- Develop electrical characterization techniques for analyzing emerging technologies.
- Prepare analytical reports, including preliminary findings and recommendations, and document processes and procedures.
- Collaborate with management, customers, contractors, and component supplier personnel during analysis.
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 contributions 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
