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Failure Analysis Engineer, Electromechanical Hardware
$144K–$204K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; the posting does not state alternatives.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Owns failure analysis of electromechanical hardware, tracing test failures to root causes and coordinating corrective actions across engineering and quality teams.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end failure analysis, including symptom capture, teardown, root-cause determination, and corrective-action follow-through.
- Develop Python tools and fleet-level analyses to classify failure modes and correlate test data.
- Drive nonconformance and CAPA workflows, conduct physical failure analysis, and partner with design teams and suppliers on fixes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on failure analysis, reliability, or test engineering on electromechanical hardware.
- Demonstrated root-cause methodology applied to real hardware failures.
- Hands-on lab competence with DMM, oscilloscope, power supplies, load/test fixtures, and DAQ.
Nice to have
- Experience with electromechanical assemblies from prototype through DVT/PVT into production.
- Experience with metrology and analytical FA labs, including CT, SEM/EDX, metallography, or tribology.
Pay
$144,000/year to $204,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Python, DMM, oscilloscope, DAQ, CT, SEM/EDX, BLDC/PMSM, 8D
AI focus
The role supports hardware for robotics and advanced AI that interacts with the physical world; no specific AI development duties are stated.
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