Staff Electrical Failure Analysis Engineer (NJ)

Location: Secaucus, New Jersey, United States; onsite

Salary: $93,000–$136,400 annually, plus potential bonus and benefits.

Company

hirify.global, a Sanmina company, designs, builds, and delivers technology infrastructure and server hardware solutions.

What you will do

• Lead electrical failure investigations across connectors, cable assemblies, wire harnesses, power distribution systems, circuit-board assemblies, and electromechanical components.
• Perform root cause analysis for opens, shorts, intermittent connections, excessive resistance, insulation breakdown, and ESD-related failures.
• Develop fault isolation plans, electrical test methods, inspection procedures, and validation protocols using laboratory test equipment.
• Correlate electrical failure signatures with dimensional, mechanical, and metrology data to identify failure mechanisms and process drivers.
• Drive containment, corrective, and preventive actions through 8D, DMAIC, and CAPA processes in partnership with manufacturing, supplier quality, design, and reliability teams.
• Analyze failure trends and field-return data, support qualification and environmental testing, and document findings in detailed technical reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in electrical failure analysis, hardware quality, reliability engineering, manufacturing quality, or a related discipline.
• Strong electrical and electronic systems troubleshooting experience, including hands-on root cause investigations in manufacturing, quality, or reliability environments.
• Experience with structured problem-solving methods including 8D, DMAIC, Fishbone Analysis, 5-Why, and FMEA.
• Experience using digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, LCR meters, power supplies, continuity testers, and insulation resistance test equipment.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, assembly drawings, and specifications, and communicate findings through technical reports.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI servers, data center hardware, networking equipment, storage systems, or rack-level integration.
• Experience with cable assemblies, wire harnesses, high-current power systems, and connector reliability.
• Knowledge of TDR, Vector Network Analyzers, and basic signal integrity evaluations.
• Familiarity with PCIe, Ethernet, InfiniBand, SAS, NVLink, IPC/WHMA-A-620, or Six Sigma certification.
• Experience with EMS, ODM, global supply chains, reliability testing, and environmental stress testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in an inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced environment.
• Performance-based annual bonus eligibility and a 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health resources, wellness support, and company-paid life and disability insurance.
• Paid time off, company-paid holidays, parental leave, and family care support.
• Tuition reimbursement, structured training, on-the-job learning, matching gifts, and volunteer programs.
• Certain positions may require U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, refugee or asylee status, or eligibility for an export-control license.