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At Bloom Energy our vision for a world powered by clean reliable and affordable energy is more than just a dreamwere making it reality.

For over two decades weve been at the forefront of the global energy transition pioneering solutions that empower critical industries to thrive in a rapidly digitizing energy-intensive world. From revolutionizing power for AI-driven data centers to ensuring resilience for hospitals electric grids manufacturing facilities and utilities our solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) technologies are redefining whats possible by delivering energy abundance for all. With more than 30000 fuel cell modules deployed worldwide we are the trusted partner for Fortune 100 companies and innovators alike. Our cutting-edge solutions enable unparalleled time-to-power capabilities reliability and sustainability ensuring our customers remain ahead in a world where soaring energy demand and intensifying energy scarcity are rapidly becoming the new norm.

At Bloom we thrive on collaboration bold thinking and relentless innovation. We believe that together we can create a brighter more sustainable future while tackling the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.

We are looking for a Senior Staff Failure Analysis Engineer to join our team in one of todays most exciting technologies. This role will be based in San Jose CA

This is a fully on-site in office role.

Role and Responsibilities

• Obtain parts from field returns for failure analysis and perform investigation of the operating conditions in the field and understand the cause of the failures.
• Make a plan to perform systematic tear down and measurement to understand the root cause.
• Ensure priority is given to fast-track FA for critical parts.
• Document the failure analysis results in detail including word description pictures measurements etc. as evidence to the results and conclusions.
• Work with in-house engineers or quality personnel to utilize equipment to perform the failure analysis.
• Utilize 3rd party labs as necessary for analysis that Bloom does not have inhouse capability.
• Work cross functionally with Service Install Quality Reliability SQE and Logistics to address failures expeditiously
• Work cross functionally with Factory Design Install Quality SQE to mitigate and prevent failures
• Build lessons learned into the next generation products
• Create metrics to measure failed parts and turn around times for FA.
• Determine the sampling plan for failed parts when repetitive symptoms are indicating a known problem.
• Work with Engineering to turn on and turn off the failure modes in testing.
• Work with controls team and the data analytics team to add detection of early symptoms of field issues that are happening after some time in the field.
• Work with Engineering to improve self diagnostics of products to annunciate their potential failures based on changes in self monitored values
• Work with Fleet Analytics leader to inform of potential failure modes and symptoms that may be indicative so proactive sweeps can be done.

Technical Responsibilities

Administrative Responsibilities

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About Bloom Energy :

Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race sex color religion national origin protected veteran status or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations consistent with applicable laws for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability who can perform the essential job functions unless undue hardship would result.

Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including but not limited to relevant skills and experience.

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Salary Ranges :

$131500.00 - $189300.00

Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Computer Science,Docker,Kubernetes,Python,VMware,C / C++,Go,System Architecture,gRPC,OS Kernels,Perl,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 131500 - 189300