Amazon
Sr. Failure Analysis Engineer, SPICE Lab (Seattle)
$137K–$186K
Seattle, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jan 21, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
SEATTLE, WA - Education
- Master's degree or above in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics, or equivalent.
About the job
Investigates failures in enterprise compute and networking hardware, develops lab analysis methods, and advises teams on corrective actions to improve reliability.
What you'll do
- Conduct failure analysis using electrical fault isolation, physical analysis, spectroscopy, and chemical characterization.
- Advise cross-functional teams on corrective actions, lab methods, and design and manufacturing practices to improve reliability.
- Coordinate investigations and lab method development for enterprise compute assemblies, including thermal management components.
What they ask for
- Master's degree or above in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics, or equivalent.
- Adept at electrical characterization for fault isolation and materials characterization techniques, including curve trace, DMM, SEM/EDS, FTIR, XRF, and CT x-ray.
- Experience with enterprise compute thermal solutions, such as 3D vapor chambers, immersion/liquid cooling systems, or evaporative cooling infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience with thermal characterization for NTD or fault isolation, such as lock-in thermography or OBIRCH.
- Experience developing and executing tests for thermal interface materials and/or heatsink devices.
Pay
137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
curve trace, DMM, SEM/EDS, FTIR, XRF, CT x-ray, lock-in thermography, OBIRCH
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