PCBA Failure Analysis Engineer, Embedded, Low Voltage

Tesla China Product and Test Engineering team’s mission is to investigate and feedback product issues during general assembly at Tesla factories, in collaboration with large cross-section of other engineering teams. This is a very hands-on senior level individual contributor role with duties focused in failure analysis and root causes activities.

We are seeking a multi-faceted Electrical Engineer who will be responsible for all aspects of identifying, analyzing, root causing; implementing countermeasures, and reporting on issues affecting all low voltage PCBAs including, but not limited to, body controllers and car computers. He/She will work with test engineers to quickly mitigate and implement countermeasures at contract manufacturers to improve quality, reliability, durability of the products.

• Work with quality engineers and suppliers to monitor products performance, identify trending issues. Prioritize based on Severity, occurrence, and/or cost of each failure modes

• Detailed failure analysis, identifying root-cause of problems – Perform board-level debugging to isolate faults for physical FA

• Apply knowledge of electrical engineering and PCBA manufacturing to drive containment and corrective action implementation into production / design / supplier / Firmware.

• Participate in continuous improvement activities and take preventive actions.

• Share Lessons Learned from previous field issues; Provide upfront feedback by participating in design reviews to ensure product performance, reliability, and manufacturability issues are identified and risks mitigated. (DFMEAs)

• Take part in ongoing optimization of the products and processes (performance, cost, technology)

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, Power Electronics, Electronics, Mechatronic, or similar fields required. MS degree in engineering a plus.

• Preferably in a hands-on role such as Failure Analysis / Quality / Service in consumer electronics or automotive

• The successful candidate for this position must have a broad technical background with the ability to work with engineering, manufacturing, service, and suppliers across a wide variety of issues. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are an absolute requirement to establish effective working relationships within Tesla and outside.

• Exceptional problem solving and Failure Analysis, strong attention to detail and analytical thinking.

• Proficient in PCBA level troubleshooting and debugging; experience in embedded systems such as ARM microcontroller or FPGA a plus

• Knowledge in applying statistical methods and tools to manage, synthesize, and interpret data.

• Programming Languages & Tools: Python, Minitab, JMP or similar are a strong plus

• Previous experience in a fast-paced, high pressure manufacturing environment a plus.