Senior Failure Analysis Engineer

The role

You will debug and diagnose failed hardware, including collars and tower components, to understand root causes. You will close the feedback loop between lab and field performance and engineering teams to improve product reliability.

What you will do

• Contribute to high-impact or deeply ambiguous failure modes.
• Develop processes and ways of working to improve accuracy and reduce no-fault-founds.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers.
• Work with hardware, firmware, production, supplier quality and networking teams to investigate failures.
• Support the recruitment process for hiring the team.

Required qualifications

• Deep electronics engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience debugging complex hardware.
• Experience with diagnosing field failures and understanding relationships between in-field events and product failures.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to translate technical findings into clear feedback for cross-functional teams.
• Natural inclination to share knowledge, to educate and mentor.
• Deep curiosity and principled approach to finding root causes with clear evidence.
• Strong sense of ownership and a bias for action.
• Low ego, highly collaborative and willing to play for the front of the Jersey.

Benefits

• Work that genuinely matters.
• Personal growth fund.

Before you apply

• Send a cover letter explaining why you are excited about this role and working at Halter along with your CV.

About the company

Halter enables farmers and graziers to run productive and sustainable operations. The company is backed by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, BOND, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.