Senior Electrical Engineer, Field Failure Analysis

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 experts across North America we partner with leading companies in aerospace medical devices robotics automotive commercial vehicles EVs rail and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group57000 engineers in 30 countrieswe deliver across the entire product development cycle from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA youll collaborate on some of the worlds toughest engineering challenges supported by mentorship career growth opportunities and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued supported and inspired to grow.

Workplace: On-site 5 days per week
Location: Palo Alto CA
Salary: $140-160k

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to investigate field-returned automotive Zonal ECU units troubleshoot hardware failures and identify root causes at the component and board level. The role involves bench-level debugging failure reproduction Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and developing detailed root cause reports and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) recommendations.

Responsibilities
Triage and classify returned units and field failures
Debug ECU boards at bench level: power communication I/O
Build Fault Tree Analyses (FTA) and failure hypotheses
Reproduce failures in the lab
Write root cause reports and CAPA recommendations (8D)

Required Qualifications
7 years in automotive electronics / ECU hardware
Strong schematic and PCB layout reading component-level debug
Hands-on with oscilloscope power supplies multimeter CAN tools
Experience in failure analysis FTA 8D RCA
Knowledge of CAN/CAN-FD LIN or Automotive Ethernet
Fluent English written and spoken

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with power electronics and automotive power management systems.
Knowledge of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing troubleshooting and failure analysis.
Familiarity with IATF 16949 quality management standards and AIAG automotive quality methodologies.
Hands-on experience with X-ray inspection component-level failure analysis or PCB cross-sectioning techniques.

Salary Range
$140000 - 160000
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including but not limited to location the candidates combination of job-related knowledge qualifications skills education training and experience

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