Lead/Sr. Failure Analysis Engineer, Electrical-Electronics

• Conduct detailed failure analyses on vehicle systems, electrical and electronic systems, subsystems, and components for all electronic sub-assemblies within and outside the vehicles.
• Classify and consolidate the failures, identify the root-cause in collaboration with R&D, mechanical, firmware, hardware, sourcing, quality, manufacturing, and external vendors.
• Propose corrective actions, if any, that are deployable and cost-effective.
• Be responsible for vendor discussions in this regard for all off-the-shelf parts.
• Be responsible for building team competencies and knowledge base.
• Disseminate the information throughout the organization for appropriate actions on the design side.

Requirements - Commitment and passion towards all things engineering, in general, and electrical/electronic engineering, in specific. Drive towards solving complex puzzles in a systematic manner.

• Strong work ethic, bias towards action, and readiness to be outside own’s comfort zone.
• Strong understanding in electrical and electronics engineering.
• Strong understanding in failure modes of electrical/electronic components, and can differentiate between electrical, thermal, mechanical overstress.
• Shall understand component ageing, impact of inappropriate storage, and other abnormal failure causes.
• Knowledge of methods, techniques, technologies available for in-depth investigation of failures.
• Knowledge of mass-assembly processes such as those of PCBAs and box builds.
• Basic understanding of materials and their properties, affinities and compatibilities.
• Create documentation related to FA and disseminate in appropriate manner to all relevant teams.
• Perform and support, as needed, root-cause analyses and deploy corrective actions at R&D, manufacturing, and at site.
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Sc or M.E./M.Tech/M.Sc in Electrical Engineering and/or related fields + 8 years or more of relevant hands-on hardware experience.