Sr. Failure Analysis Engineer

The Fountain Group. We are a national staffing firm and are currently seeking a
Sr. Failure Analysis Engineer
for a prominent client of ours. This position is located in
Santa Clara, CA
.

Details for the position are as follows:

• Pay: $46.30/hr – (W2).
• Shift hours: (1st shift): 8:00am to 4:30pm - Monday through Friday (Onsite).
• 12 month assignment – possibility to extend or convert based on performance and budget.
• Drive returned product Failure Analysis, characterizing failures, and escalating issues and trends to the Hardware Quality Engineering team.
• Resolve escalated RMA's by determining the hardware root cause of the failure issue.
• Track and report on RMA failure trends by product and cause to the Tech Op's team.
• Track the progress of all in-progress RMA's requiring FA and prioritize accordingly.
• Monitor process and product corrective actions to ensure changes were effective in improving the product.
• Maintain accurate data entry into SAP and Salesforce database tools.

• Education: Minimum BSEE, BSCS, BSCE, or BSET required. 10+ years related experience required in the computer networking industry.
• Expert technical skills in the manufacturing test environment, both PCBA and box build/system level assemblies.
• Strong Linux system administration knowledge.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A highly collaborative working style is a must.
• Moderate to fluent in programming languages and tools used for the test environment (Linux OS, Tcl, Expect, Shell Script, Python, Network Switch, Terminal Server, and PDU).
• Ability to apply a working knowledge of server/client and IP based networking hardware architecture, both system and component level, to the test environment.
• Demonstrated ability at hardware debugging to component level and fault isolation is mandatory.
• Familiarity with test engineering principles, methods and industry standard "best practices" in a manufacturing test environment including JTAG, boundary scan, 2-corner and 4-corner testing.
• Knowledge of Salesforce, JIRA and SAP desired.
• Ability to read schematics and view board files (Allegro Viewer and Cadence PCB Design).
• System administration required.
• Read schematics required.
• Networking required.
• PCBA required.
• LINUX required.

• PYTHON
• JTAG
• CADENCE
• Network switch
• JIRA
• SALESFORCE
• PCB design
• Test engineering
• Accurate data entry
• Failure analysis engineer
• Failure analysis
• Outstanding communication
• Terminal server
• Database
• System level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

If you are interested in hearing more about the position, please respond to this posting with your resume attached or contact me at .

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