Field Application Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Product Engineering & Quality
$132,000 - $253,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
Focused on GPU and networking products.
About the role
This role involves ensuring the reliability, manufacturability, and quality of GPU products across production and deployment environments. You will specialize in root cause analysis and yield improvement.
What you'll do
- Be a technical specialist on GPU and networking products, supporting manufacturing, quality, and failure analysis teams.
- Identify system failure modes, manufacturing risks, and product requirements to drive corrective actions.
- Diagnose, reproduce, and resolve hardware and system-level failures in labs or manufacturing sites.
- Support the product lifecycle from NPI through high-volume manufacturing and field returns.
- Develop failure analysis methodologies, test plans, and diagnostic tools for hardware validation.
- Provide technical training and documentation to manufacturing, test, and quality teams on failure modes and debugging techniques.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
- 4+ years of work-related experience in the high-tech electronics industry, particularly in manufacturing, failure analysis, validation, or hardware debug roles.
- Strong ability to manage multiple failure investigations, escalations, and yield improvement initiatives.
- Expert analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong time management and organizational skills for coordinating complex failure analysis and cross-functional investigations.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
Skills: GPU, failure analysis, yield improvement, product reliability, NPI, hardware debug