Failure Analysis Engineer

Flex • TX

75d

About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Failure Analysis Engineer located in Austin, TX. Reporting to the Test Engineering Manager, the Failure Analysis Engineer is responsible for implementing and maintaining cost-effective troubleshooting methods for systems, software, and equipment, and for proposing and implementing solutions for critical issues to ensure customer satisfaction and maintain a healthy inventory of repair or manufacturing processes. Tasked with increasing technical knowledge and with developing training plans for technical staff, ensuring flexibility across projects and technologies. Responsible for monitoring and improving technician efficiency and effectiveness indicators to ensure optimal performance.

Requirements

• Typically requires 4 years of experience in test or Failure analysis engineering in the high technology electronics industry or related area.
• Demonstrates advanced functional and technical skills and basic process skills.
• Demonstrates advanced/thorough knowledge of the function and Flex business.
• Typically requires skill in troubleshooting, and diagnostics, and overview of the entire test process and the ability to train others.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively communicate with managers and employees of the organizations.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Responsibilities

• Directs and coordinates electronic engineering and/or technical personnel in design of methods of failure analysis, testing and test control apparatus and equipment, or software and systems testing.
• Directs and coordinates electronic engineering activities concerned with development, procurement, installation and calibration of instruments, equipment and control devices required to test, telemeter and record test data.
• Directs and coordinates the strategies of debugging the failed product of the test process.
• Defines conditions and procedures under which the technicians are to be conducted and indicators and phases of Debug Process.
• Interfaces and confers with scientific, engineering and technical personnel to resolve testing and troubleshooting problems such as failures of product or system malfunctions, incomplete test data, Failure Analysis Reports, new solutions, obsolete components data interpretation or coding issues.
• Evaluates and interprets failures data and prepares technical reports for use by electronic or software engineering, and management personnel.
• Trains and instructs floor support, debug technicians and test operators on test hardware and/or software, failures solutions as well as proper problem solving techniques.
• Performs examination of root causes, developing and coordinating corrective action measures and monitoring improvements.
• Develops and monitors the efficacy and efficiency metrics to improve diagnostic process.
• Provides technical documentation and tools for diagnostic purpose.
• Develops and/or supports diagnostic tests at the card edge level.
• Supports improvements to functional test hardware.
• Develops test plans and procedures.
• Coordinates 3rd party development of functional test development and enhancements.
• Evaluates and interprets software or system level diagnostic failure (software and hardware).
• Develops and/or modifies software or system level plans and tests.
• Develops and/or supports quality comprehensive test programs.
• Performs test ability evaluation (DFT).

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Life Insurance.
• Short-term and Long-term Disability.
• Matching 401(k) Contributions.
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time.
• Tuition Reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees