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Senior Failure Analysis Engineer

Mainspring Energy90 open roles

Pay
$117,000 – $138,000 a year
Where
Menlo Park, CA
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12.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Mainspring Energy postings stay open a median of 47 days.

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  4. 19.7%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.0%60 days
This job: posted 90 days ago

Mainspring Energy median: 47 days open

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Job Overview

Responsibilities

  • Lead Hands-on Investigations: Perform deep-dive troubleshooting and debugging on a wide variety of electrical enclosures and hardware, ranging from low-voltage logic controllers to high-voltage power switching systems
  • Drive Root Cause Analysis: Apply structured engineering and problem-solving methodologies to pinpoint mechanisms of failure, translating your findings into actionable containment, corrective, and preventive actions (CAPA)
  • Accelerate FA Throughput: Streamline diagnostic workflows and optimization techniques to increase the pace of our failure analysis loop, ensuring rapid feedback for fast-moving product upgrade programs
  • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Reliability, and field maintenance teams to clearly communicate data-driven FA findings and influence product improvements
  • Build the Knowledge Base: Document diagnostic workflows, teardown procedures, and failure-mode data to build a resourceful knowledge base
  • Coach and Mentor: Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and coaching to less experienced failure analysis engineers and technicians, raising the collective technical bar and impact of the team

The Ideal Candidate

  • You thrive at the intersection of electrical hardware and physics. You love getting your hands on in the lab, tracing signals, and finding the needle in a haystack within complex electrical architectures
  • You are fascinated by environmental and system interactions. The challenge of understanding how EMC/EMI issues, thermal cycling, moisture, and harsh operating environments interact with complex power electronics excites you
  • You are a master of structured problem-solving. You don't rely on guesswork; you systematically approach failures using data and frameworks to build an ironclad case for root cause analysis
  • You thrive in dynamic, cross-disciplinary environments. You enjoy working side-by-side with cross-functional teams, seamlessly closing gaps to solve multi-faceted system issues
  • You are an impactful communicator. You can translate complex, highly technical electrical failure mechanisms into clear, concise, and actionable insights for both technical peers and executive stakeholders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline required
  • Minimum 5–8+ years of direct, applicable experience in failure analysis, electrical troubleshooting, or reliability engineering
  • Deep expertise in analyzing system-level electrical interactions, including hands-on experience identifying and mitigating EMC/EMI issues and environmental degradation
  • Proficiency with common structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 8D, Ishikawa diagrams, 5-Why analysis)
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to construct clear FA reports and presenting technical data to cross-functional teams
  • Experience with coaching or mentoring junior engineers or laboratory technicians
  • Detail-oriented mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities comfortably in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
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