Job Description
Failure Analysis Engineer
Swindon (3 days a week) | £35,000 - £45,000
Are you passionate about solving complex technical challenges and identifying the root causes of failures in advanced technology? We are seeking a Failure Analysis Engineer to join our team, playing a vital role in investigating product issues, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring product reliability.
What You’ll Be Doing:
1. Conduct detailed investigations into product returns and quality concerns, using problem-solving methodologies to establish root causes and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
2. Evaluate the electrical and mechanical characteristics of systems, components, and integrated circuits to determine causes of failure.
3. Organise and analyse failure reports, develop processes to enhance failure analysis, and reduce future failures.
4. Perform electrical assessments using standard bench equipment (power supplies, signal generators, oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers) and software tools such as Python or LabVIEW.
5. Conduct physical analysis using optical microscopes, SEM/EDX, and liaise with external laboratories for additional testing.
6. Support continuous improvement by identifying trends, assisting with PCB schematics, and analysing data to support KPI metrics and quality improvements.