Failure Analysis Engineer

Redmond, WA • Full Time

Meta

Software Engineering

Hardware

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.

Failure Analysis Engineer Responsibilities

Perform solution-based root cause analysis on technically complex failures.

Identify and apply suitable approaches of characterization to address challenging technical problems across different areas.

Utilize cross-correlate of data from various techniques to converge towards a definitive conclusion, solution, and/or relevant hypothesis.

Hands-on work with various tools including non-destructive methods, 2D & 3D x-ray imaging, microscopy, spectroscopy, and electrical fault isolation techniques.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a Master’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or a related field, and 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation

Requires 2 years of experience in the following:

Next Gen display drivers using test scripts

Cascade manual prober with photodiode, and spectrophotometer, including test scripts and data handling

I-V curve-tracer with High and Medium-power modules

Laser confocal optical microscope with automation stage to cater the required sample thicknesses, heights, and 3D roughness and topologies measurements

X-Ray (2D and 3D CT) to scan complex display modules, to identify issues with bond wires, Cu traces, and passive SMD components

Scanning Acoustic Tomography to scan wafers bonded to Silicon backplanes, to identify any delamination

Instrumentation for electrical fault isolation and root cause analysis

Instrumentation for physical structure and material composition failure analysis

Failure analysis using physical and elemental analysis tools, including Focused Ion Beam, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive X-Ray, and Graphic Data System for pixellevel targeting

General failure analysis techniques, including Time Domain Reflectometry, Metallographic Cross-Sectioning, Reactive Ion Etching, ASAP milling, and mechanical lapping/delayering

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About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

$251,113/year to $276,870/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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