Failure Analysis Engineer

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sensus

Failure Analysis Engineer

Morrisville, NC
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor and return water to the environment in public utility, industrial, residential and commercial building services settings. Xylem also provides a leading portfolio of smart metering, network technologies and advanced infrastructure analytics solutions for water, electric and gas utilities. The Company’s more than 16,500 employees bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive, sustainable solutions. Headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2017 revenue of $4.7 billion, Xylem does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands.

    The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all – that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.

    Sensus, a Xylem brand, helps a wide range of public service providers – from utilities to cities to industrial complexes and campuses – do more with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their communities. We enable our customers to reach farther through the application of technology and data-driven insights that deliver efficiency and responsiveness. We partner with them to anticipate and respond to evolving business needs with innovation in sensing and communications technologies, data analytics and services. Learn more at sensus.com and follow @SensusGlobal on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

    THE ROLE: Sensus, a Xylem brand seeks to hire a Failure Analysis Engineer. The candidate will work in the Failure Analysis group to provide electronic hardware support to product lines within the Sensus business unit.  Products include water meters, electric meters, Automatic Meter Infrastructure (AMI) SmartPoint’s, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) endpoints, and AMR interrogation equipment.  The candidate will also work closely with the Quality Assurance, Supplier Quality, Reliability, Manufacturing Test, and Development Engineering groups as needed to insure the delivery of quality products to Sensus customers.  The candidate must be self-driven, self-motivated, ambitious and open-minded.  The candidate needs to be both comfortable working as part of a team and independently on a lab bench. 

    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

    • Provide Tier 3 troubleshooting of analog and digital circuits to diagnose issues down to the root cause for customer returns and manufacturing failures.
    • Design, implement and unit test corrective action(s) based on the root cause analysis.
    • Design and develop product enhancements / features for current product line as determined by the business.
    • Responsible for updating documentation, drawings, training materials, etc. associated with any product design change.
    • Support Development, System Test, Quality, and Manufacturing Test groups during new product introductions.  Support will include the development of troubleshooting guides and to provide product training for various product support groups during new product introductions.
    • Ability to interface with internal Sensus customers (Technical Services, Marketing, Field Sales, Operations, etc.) as well as end-user customers as needed to resolve quality issues.
    • Develop and adhere to the Sensus product development processes during product redesigns to achieve superior quality products.

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

    • BS in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical preferred)
    • BSEE with Mechanical Experience is desirable
    • 4+ years of analog, digital, and RF electronic design and/or product support experience
    • Excellent testing and troubleshooting skills
    • Ability to perform root cause analysis down to the component level is a mandatory
    • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
    • Candidate must be organized, highly independent and self-directed
    • Metering Industry experience and High volume manufacturing experience are highly desirable 
    • Lean Six Sigma Training a strong plus

     

    PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

    (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

    • Light lifting (20-25 lbs.), office environment
    • Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend and move about the facility

    WORK ENVIRONMENT:

    (The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

    • Office: Standard office equipment; work usually performed in an office setting free from any disagreeable elements.
    • Standard weekly job hours: 40-50 hours

    EOE/FEMALES/MINORITIES/PROTECTED VETERANS/DISABLED