Senior Manager, Failure Analysis

What you'll do

• Lead and conduct failure and root-cause investigations using diagnostic tools, laboratory testing, data analytics, and structured problem-solving.
• Develop corrective and preventive actions, partner across teams to resolve issues, and present technical findings to varied audiences.
• Mentor engineers and develop failure-analysis methods, processes, lab capabilities, and strategic partnerships; travel domestically and internationally (40%).

What they ask for

• Ph.D., M.S., or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field; knowledge of structural analysis, materials science, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics.
• Over 10 years of advancing experience in failure analysis, product reliability, and materials science, including leading complex investigations.
• 5 years of leadership experience.
• Expertise in failure-analysis techniques and lab tools such as SEM, FIB, and digital/RF test instruments; ability to troubleshoot hardware/software interactions and reproduce field failures.

Nice to have

• Experience in semiconductor, high-performance computing, or AI hardware, including GPU or data-center-scale system reliability.
• Publications or recognized contributions to failure-analysis methodology, materials characterization, or reliability engineering; experience expanding a failure-analysis unit.

Pay

232,000 USD - 368,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

SEM, FIB, digital/RF test gear