Failure Analysis Engineer - Hardware & Materials Specialist

Posted 10 days ago

namelySouth San Francisco (CA)

Materials Engineers Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing

SENIORITY

Mid

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About the role

Zipline, based in South San Francisco, seeks a Failure Analysis specialist to own investigations of hardware failures from intake to conclusion, determine failure mechanisms, preserve evidence, and drive corrective actions with design, manufacturing and reliability teams. You will apply advanced materials characterization techniques and first-principles reasoning to improve product reliability and fleet health, coordinating with external labs as needed.

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