Electronics Failure Analysis Engineer

Electronics Failure Analysis Engineer

2024-6324

Responsibilities

When you work at Daktronics, youll be part of something amazing. We design, engineer, manufacture and support bold, eye-catching digital LED and LCD video displays and audio systems.

Our products bring excitement to professional, college and high school games. They attract customers for businesses around the world, and even provide direction for people as they travel, work and play.

As part of the Daktronics team, youll have interesting, impactful work with flexible opportunities. You can learn and grow at a company that provides competitive compensation and meaningful benefits and the people are second to none.

Location:

Position located in Brookings, SD. This position is open to candidates eligible to work in the U.S.

Mission:

Deliver industry leading product information and analysis: by skilled application of quality and reliability techniques, to help employees and customers make informed decisions, that enable Daktronics to provide world leading value.

The reliability and quality teams provide the test equipment and expertise to gathering data on new product designs, current production parts, and field reliability. This position focuses on failure analysis of Daktronics electrical components. Daktronics Lab Services team performs failure analysis of components from design qualification testing, production, and field returns for the purpose of providing critical knowledge inputs to the product development, manufacturing, and field service processes to mitigate financial and safety related reliability risks.

Responsibilities:

• Perform failure analysis and provide analytical services in support of design, manufacturing, and field service.
• Identify and document root cause of failure so that corrective actions can be initiated to prevent reoccurrence and to improve product quality/reliability.
• Collaborate with our field service engineers to help gather the best information to understand root causes of failures.
• Ability to train and guide other staff in failure analysis techniques and processes.
• Provide clear and concise documentation of failure analysis results and publish reports.
• Identify and help implement company procedures or processes that will avoid repetition of similar incidents in the future.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-year bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, Applied Physics, Optical Science, Applied Chemistry, or related fields.
• Preferred Experience:
• 5+ years of experience with hands-on failure analysis of electronics components; ICs, caps, resistors, inductors, crystals, transformers, mechanical components, Circuit Boards LEDs, and varieties of packaging.
• Strong understanding of wafer level/flip-chip packaging methods, assembly process knowledge, qualification methods, SPC, and statistical analysis software.
• Knowledge of wire-bonding, multi-chip module, CoB, and LED technologies a plus.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experienced analytical and presentation skills.
• Must have experience doing and interpreting IV curve tracing, cross-section, SEM/EDX, CSAM, FTIR, and X-Ray.
• Understanding of multidisciplinary interactions between chip packaging technology, chip package electrical design, thermal, mechanical performance, and reliability.
• Ability to travel by air and ground. Valid drivers license and good driving record. Motor vehicle records will be checked.
• Effectively exercise discretion and independent judgment.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Daktronics does not sponsor, renew, or extend immigration visas for this position.

Daktronics is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetics, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or citizenship status.