Staff Applications, Test & Failure Analysis Engineer - Milpitas, California, United States
$123,600 - $207,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 July 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on bridging the Electronics team and System Engineering team to solve PCBA technical issues within the quantum computer domain.
About the role
This role serves as a bridge between the Electronics team and the System Engineering team to solve PCBA technical issues; perform failure analysis; implement corrective action in design and test; improve PCBA test coverage; and provide training for PCBA use. This engineer will collaborate in cross-functional teams of thermal, mechanical, firmware, RTL and optical engineers, specifically on quantum computer electrical and system designs.
What you'll do
- Gain familiarity with the Quantum Computer electrical and system designs.
- Answer internal customer inquiries.
- Trouble-shoot customer problems, participating in cross-functional teams as needed.
- Perform failure analysis on customer returns and internal yield loss.
- Implement corrective action in test and designs as needed.
- Participate in design and test coverage reviews.
What you'll need
- Master's or Ph.D. Degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Physics or equivalent.
- 7 years of relevant experience in applications, test and failure analysis.
Skills: failure analysis, PCBA, trouble-shoot, test coverage, quantum computer
This role has been open 83 days — well above the 54-day median for Failure Analysis Engineering roles.
Failure Analysis Engineering · Failure Analysis
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Open roles in category
189
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$116k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | PsiQuantum | All employers we track in this specialty (189 roles · 39 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 189 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 10 | 9897 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 128 d | 54 d (+74 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $116k |
Skills observed across this category: failure analysis, PCBA, trouble-shoot, test coverage, quantum computer
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 34 open roles · median 69 d
- GlobalFoundries · 14 open roles · median 27 d
- Lam Research · 14 open roles · median 43 d
- Infineon Technologies · 13 open roles · median 48 d
- Intel Corporation · 10 open roles · median 46 d
- AMD · 9 open roles · median 87 d
How we counted: 189 open Failure Analysis Engineering (Failure Analysis) roles from 39 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.