Meta
Failure Analysis Engineer
$144K–$204K
Fremont, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of failure analysis experience; the posting also mentions direct Data Center HW FA experience for candidates with a Master’s or PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or Materials Science; alternatively, a Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Materials Science is mentioned.
About the job
Performs end-to-end failure analysis on data center hardware, identifies root causes, and develops and validates corrective actions to improve reliability and prevent repeat failures.
What you'll do
- Identify, characterize, recreate, and isolate hardware failures through root-cause analysis.
- Use failure-analysis equipment and work with hardware, reliability, supplier, and manufacturing teams to investigate failures and validate findings.
- Develop corrective actions, help prevent recurrence in new programs, and document analysis procedures and results.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or Materials Science, with 6+ years of failure analysis experience.
- Hands-on experience with SEM, p-FIB, mechanical polishing, dicing, EDS, mechanical probing, EBIC/EBAC, OBIRCH, LADA, or TIVA.
- Systematic failure-analysis experience and use of eFA equipment, including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, frequency generators, source meters, and multimeters.
- Fault-localization skills for custom Si/ASICs.
Nice to have
- Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Materials Science with direct Data Center HW FA experience.
- Experience analyzing datacenter failures or fault-localizing PCIE gen 5/6 and DDR gen 5/6.
Pay
$144,000/year to $204,000/year USD base salary; bonus and equity amounts are not stated.
Tools
SEM, p-FIB, EDS, EBIC/EBAC, OBIRCH, LADA, TIVA, Oscilloscopes
AI focus
Integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and drive measurable impact.
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