Senior Manager, Failure Analysis

What you'll do

• Lead and personally conduct multi-disciplinary root cause analysis investigations on deployed hardware and electronic components.
• Use advanced diagnostic techniques like SEM, FIB, and RF test gear to identify exact failure modes.
• Develop and validate short-term fixes and long-term preventive measures to improve product reliability at scale.
• Plan and execute testing programs involving engineering calculations, laboratory experiments, and computational modeling.
• Communicate technical findings and drive build changes with manufacturing, firmware, quality, and supplier teams.
• Prepare and present technical reports and proposals to engineering, legal, and business leadership.
• Mentor junior engineers and oversee the development of organizational failure analysis methodologies and lab capabilities.
• Identify and pursue strategic partnerships across the supply chain and with external technical experts.

What we're looking for

• Ph.D. or M.S. or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Chemical, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
• Over 10 years of advancing experience in failure analysis, product reliability, and materials science.
• 5 years of leadership experience.
• Extensive knowledge of failure analysis techniques, hazard recognition, and incident examination using SEM, FIB, and digital/RF test instruments.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot hardware/software interactions and reproduce elusive field failure conditions in a controlled environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to convey complex technical findings to engineering, legal, and business audiences.
• Experience in the semiconductor, high-performance computing, or AI hardware industry (preferred).
• Publication record or recognized contributions to FA methodology development, materials characterization, or reliability engineering (preferred).