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JOB TITLE: Senior Failure Analysis Engineer
The Senior Failure Analysis Engineer joins a highly visible engineering team responsible for bringing up, debugging, and improving next-generation server and rack-scale platforms for data center environments. This role involves investigating complex system-level issues on new hardware platforms, driving root cause analysis, and ensuring manufacturing readiness across the product lifecycle. Key responsibilities include debugging hardware and firmware interactions involving CPUs, GPUs, memory, PCIe, networking, power delivery, and thermal systems. The engineer will analyze system logs, platform telemetry, BIOS, and BMC data to identify failure patterns and validate corrective actions. Required skills include experience with Linux-based environments, signal integrity concepts, and lab debugging equipment. The position also utilizes AI-assisted engineering workflows and automation to improve troubleshooting efficiency and scale technical knowledge across the organization.
Perform system-level and rack-level failure analysis on server and data center platforms.
Debug complex hardware, firmware, and platform issues involving CPUs, GPUs, memory, and networking.
Analyze system logs, platform telemetry, BIOS, and BMC data to identify failure patterns.
Reproduce failures in lab environments using diagnostic tools to validate fixes and improve reliability.
Provide technical guidance and failure triage to manufacturing and ODM partners.
Develop technical documentation, troubleshooting guides, and SOPs to scale organizational knowledge.
Leverage AI-assisted tools and automation to improve troubleshooting efficiency and engineering workflows.
What we're looking for
Perform system-level and rack-level failure analysis across server and data center platforms.
Debug complex hardware, firmware, and platform-related issues involving CPUs, GPUs, memory, PCIe, networking, and power delivery.
Analyze system logs, platform telemetry, BIOS, BMC, and other diagnostic data to identify failure patterns and validate corrective actions.
Reproduce failures in lab environments using diagnostic tools and methodologies to improve platform reliability.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, troubleshooting guides, SOPs, and knowledge-sharing resources.
Experience performing system-level, server-level, or rack-level troubleshooting and failure analysis (preferred).
Background in hardware debugging, root cause analysis, and complex issue resolution (preferred).
Bachelor's or master's degree preferred in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Physical Failure Analysis
SEM
TEM
FIB
IC Fabrication
Advanced Packaging
De-processing
Cross-sectioning
Electron Microscopy
Design of Experiments
Root-Cause Analysis
Silicon Architecture
Plasma De-processing
Python
Rust
Shell Scripting
Linux
CI/CD
AI
Machine Learning
Data Pipelines
Databases
EDA
CAD
Version Control
Observability
Automation Frameworks
Workflow Orchestration
Data Analytics
Failure Analysis
SEM
TEM
FIB
IC Fabrication
Advanced Packaging
Electron Microscopy
Design of Experiments
Plasma De-processing
Cross-sectioning
De-layering
Root-Cause Analysis
Physical Characterization