The Aerospace Corporation

Electronic Components Failure Analysis Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation$110K — $193K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in materials science, electrical engineering, physics, or a related discipline
  • 5+ years of engineering/scientific experience
  • Proficiency in industry standards (e.g., MIL STD 1580)
  • Excellent communication skills for customer advisement
  • Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and collaborative tools (e.g., SharePoint, Confluence)
  • Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SSBI security clearance
  • For Engineering Specialist role: 8+ years of related experience, knowledge of failure modes of electronic parts, experience leading complex failure investigations.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize root cause analysis methods for hands-on failure analysis of electronic components
  • Verify and validate contractors' root cause analysis methods
  • Conduct reliability risk analysis and support technology planning
  • Evaluate, select, and adapt a variety of techniques and procedures for analysis
  • Develop new approaches for problem-solving
  • Engage in inter-organizational communications on significant matters
  • Perform laboratory assignments, including analytical studies and testing collaboration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
  • Flexible work schedules, including telework options
  • 401(k) plan with company-paid benefits and matching contributions
  • Education assistance programs for professional growth
  • Relocation assistance available
  • Variable pay program for exceptional performance
  • Supportive and inclusive work environment based on teamwork and respect
Full Job Description

The selected candidate will be required to work full time on-site at our facility at El Segundo, CA

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Utilize common root cause analysis methods and equipment during hands-on failure analysis of electronic components

  • Perform independent verification and validation of contractor's methods for root cause analysis and corrective action

  • Perform analytical studies for part reliability risk as well as future technology planning and development

  • Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation/modification of a variety of techniques, procedures, and criteria.

  • Devises new approaches to problems encountered.

  • Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts on matters of importance.

  • Laboratory assignments: Performs analytical studies, conducts tests, develops details of specifications, prepares details of analytical report findings, assists in planning and development

  • Collaborate with management, customer, contractor, and/or component supplier personnel during analysis

What You Need to be Successful 6 Senior MTS

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelors degree from an accredited university in materials science, electrical engineering, physics, or another appropriate discipline

  • 5+ years of increasingly responsible and related engineering/scientific experience

  • Proficiency in related industry standards (e.g., MIL STD 1580)

  • Excellent communication skills to concisely provide advice to customers

  • Proficiency in Microsoft 365, collaborative applications (e.g., SharePoint, Confluence)

  • Willing to travel [domestically/internationally] approx. 25% of time

This position requires ability to obtain and maintain aTS/SSBIsecurityclearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

In addition to the above, the minimum requirements for Engineering Specialist:

  • 8+ years of increasingly responsible and related engineering/scientific experience

  • Fundamental knowledge of common failure modes of high reliability electronic parts

  • Experience leading, planning, and managing multifaceted failure investigations of electronic parts

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

  • Advanced degree from an accredited university in materials science, electrical engineering, physics, or another appropriate discipline

  • More than five years of experience inelectronic componentfailure analysis

  • Demonstrated ability to perform construction analysis of non-MIL PRF parts anddevelop appropriate methods for use inspaceapplications

  • Experience collaborating with contractors, industry working groups, and/or associations such as NASA Electronics Parts Assurance Group, Defense Logistics Agency, Joint Electron Device Engineering Council, Automotive Electronics Council, during the evaluation, selection, and adaptation of active electronic parts for space-related applications

  • Project managementskillsin applications such as MS Project, Jira, etc.

We offer a competitive compensation package where youll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills.

(Min - Max)

$110,000.00 - $193,500.00

Pay Basis: Annual

Leadership Competencies

Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who:

  • Operate Strategically
  • Lead Change
  • Engage with Impact
  • Foster Innovation
  • Deliver Results

Ways We Reward Our Employees

During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits.

Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type. A few highlights include:

  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans

  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation

  • Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options

  • 401(k) Plan 6 Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire

  • Flexible spending accounts

  • Variable pay program for exceptional contributions

  • Relocation assistance

  • Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career

  • Education assistance programs

  • An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

About The Aerospace Corporation

The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) headquartered in El Segundo, California. The corporation provides technical guidance and advice on all aspects of space missions to military, civil, and commercial customers. Aerospace also designs and develops spacecraft, sensors, and other systems in support of national security, civil, and commercial customers. The corporation has more than 4,000 employees and operates a number of laboratories and test facilities across the United States.
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1960

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