Senior Electronical Engineer - Failure Analysis
About The Position
As a Senior Electrical Engineer in the Product Quality and Failure Analysis team, you will use your skills to determine true root causes driving customer dissatisfaction for the returns of RF, DC Generators, Matching Networks and High Voltage products. These are the key product platforms in Advanced Energy's Plasma Power Products side of the business. There are talented resources on the team currently and you would be a valuable addition to this team which is expanding as we try to further improve customer experience and drive continuous improvements in our Plasma Product space. The Senior Product Quality Electrical engineer will understand what is driving the customer return rates and have a strong desire to get to root cause(s) of these escapes to eliminate future risk. Global Service sites exist worldwide for customer returns to be diagnosed and repaired. Many failure analysis reports will be on units repaired in another region of the world. Collaborating and partnering with these resources will be necessary for success in this role.
Requirements
- Excellent decision maker and problem solver
- Well-organized with the ability to multitask and a great attention to detail.
- Proficient knowledge and troubleshooting skills in electronic circuits, components, PCBs, and manufacturing processes
- Requires effective verbal and written communication skills to clearly convey factual learnings
- Ability to manage time and priorities effectively
- Requires a minimum of 5 years engineering experience depending on education
- A bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering is required
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of Quality focused skills is desirable
- Six Sigma Black Belt training is preferred
- Experience in root cause analysis preferred
Responsibilities
- High level failure analysis report writing in a timely manner
- RMA review of warranty failures and non-failures in effort to have accurate up to date field quality reporting
- Collaborating with Operations resources on how best to eliminate identified risks to field escapes
- Creation of 8D teams to best resolve problems identified.
- Identifies and documents the most probable Root Cause(s) of failures, and driving corrective action
- Ensures integrity of failure data including conditions, symptoms, and failure modes
- Identifies trends in failures and provides quantitative analysis of such trends
- Works independently to support multiple teams and mentors others in investigation techniques and historical trends
- Possesses a thorough knowledge of products and applications
- Drives improvements in corporate functional capabilities
- Drives Corrective Action for simple failures
- Prepares complete, concise Failure Analysis reports for internal and external customer communications
Benefits
- Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from
- Short and long-term disability and life insurance
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts
- Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays
- 8 hours of paid volunteer time off
- 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads
- Company matched 401(k)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
- Other voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identify theft, and legal assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Support Activities for Mining
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
