Job Description

Overview

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a company operating a marketplace for consumers, sellers, and content creators. It offers merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by third party sellers.

Position: Quality Assurance Tech II

Location: Hawthorne, CA 90250

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite (Friday-WFH)

Job Description:

• As a member of the Ring Failure Analysis team, your primary responsibilities include root cause failure analysis of electronic, mechanical and or electromechanical components including assemblies.

• You will work with other subject matter experts in video, motion sensing, power and communication technologies to help improve the products and customer experience.

• We are seeking candidates with practical knowledge of failure mechanisms related to Materials, Mechanical Systems and / or Batteries, using the appropriate analytical tools including optical microscopes, real-time x-ray, scanning electron microscopes, chemical analysis equipment and other testing and analysis tools.

• Good interpersonal skills and oral and written communication skills are essential.

• You will be required to multi-task and prioritize work to meet schedule and cost needs.

• Taking back ring devices form the field and seeing what is wrong with it in the lab.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for collaborating with the Failure Analysis engineering team to identify and research failures down to component level to improve product yield, quality and reliability.

• Operation of lab equipment to support deep dive into issues as needed

• SCH capture and Layout of simple PCB

• Preparation of samples

• Perform in-depth chemical, physical or electromechanical failure analysis.

• Perform PCBA debugging on RMA return, determine the root cause of failure, analyze failure reports and recommend corrective action to prevent reoccurrence of problems.

• Work with functional teams as needed to understand device issues.

• Articulate conclusions to the team and advocate for appropriate action.

• Read schematics and layouts, and apply failure analysis procedures to identify the failure location and the root causes

• Write comprehensive failure analysis reports, including charts and photographs

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of relevant work experience with connected, electromechanical devices and debugging issues in production or in manufacturing

• 1+ years embedded, database or python programming experience

• Proficiency in using failure analysis laboratory equipment including sample preparation tools, X-ray / CT, SEM/EDS, and optical microscopes

• 1+ years of micro-soldering experience is required

• Bachelors degree in engineering preferred, if have lots of technician exp in a lab setting.

• Field quality and safety investigations,

• Team has a big laboratory they work out of, will need to be onsite for hands on work.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep and up to date technical understanding of protocols and debugging methods for related technologies with prior experience both launching new product as well as driving continuous product improvements.

• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals across functional teams and ability to meet or exceed expected timelines for projects.

• Ability to thrive in a startup environment.

• Demonstrated ability to uncover systemic issues and drive failure analysis to root cause swiftly and accurately.

• Ability to influence cross functional teams and external partners.

• Proficient with SQL, Excel & Power Point

• Expertise with electronic test equipment (digital/analog) such as Logic analyzers, oscilloscope and test systems to do board failure analysis and debug.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must.

• Meets/exceeds the clients functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

Typical Day in the Role:

• Co-located in the lab with 3 other engineers to help keep throughput up.

• Will be doing the first couple steps of failure analysis: make problem statement, read schematics and circuit layouts, talk with SME's within the client, basic testing and checks.

• Partnered with FA engineers to work through root cause analysis will be doing triage in the process.

• Be able to take direction with senior engineers to help with next steps.

Candidate Requirements:

• Leadership: deliver results, customer obsession, ownership and deep dive.

• Red flags: too much experience could be negative if they are not cooperative with the team or willing to learn more.

Top 3 must-have hard skills

• Micro soldering experience

• Proficiency in using failure analysis laboratory equipment

• embedded, database or python programming experience

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

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