# Hardware Failure Analysis Engineer – Electro-Optic Interconnect

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Location**: Yokneam, Israel
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Hardware Failure Analysis Engineer to join the Interconnect FA team, supporting NVIDIA's advanced high-speed interconnect and optical communication products.

The ideal candidate will lead failure investigations of complex hardware systems, including electro-optic modules, high-speed electrical interfaces, and optical interconnect components, supporting both production and customer-returned units. The role requires strong analytical skills, hands-on laboratory debugging, and the ability to drive root cause investigations across electrical, optical, and system domains.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead failure analysis investigations on interconnect products including optical modules, AOCs, and high-speed hardware platforms.

- Review architectural design aspects (electrical, optical, mechanical, process, and firmware) to identify potential design or integration issues.

- Design, develop, and execute debug and validation test plans to identify root cause of hardware failures in production or customer-returned units.

- Perform hands-on electrical and optical debugging using laboratory equipment and automated test systems.

- Correlate electrical, optical, and system-level measurements to identify failure signatures.

- Work closely with internal engineering teams (design, validation, manufacturing, reliability) and external partners to drive root cause and corrective actions.

- Document investigation results and deliver clear technical FA reports summarizing findings and recommendations.

**Requirements:**

- B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Electro-Optics, Applied Physics, or related field

- 3+ years of experience in hardware debug, validation, or failure analysis of complex electronic systems

- Experience working with high-speed hardware or communication systems

- Hands-on experience reading schematics and using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, DVMs, pattern generators, and signal analysis tools

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to lead complex root cause investigations

- Ability to work independently, plan investigations, and drive tasks to completion

- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience with electro-optic systems such as optical transceivers, lasers (VCSEL / EML), photodiodes, or optical modules

- Familiarity with high-speed signaling technologies (SerDes, PAM4, BER analysis, signal integrity)

- Experience working with optical lab equipment (OSA, optical power meters, optical test systems)

- Background working in Linux environments and Python scripting for test automation or data analysis

- Experience with networking hardware platforms (Switch CLI, NIC driver commands)

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Electro-Optics
- Applied Physics
- hardware debug
- validation
- failure analysis
- high-speed hardware
- communication systems
- lab equipment

### Nice to have
- electro-optic systems
- optical transceivers
- lasers
- photodiodes
- optical modules
- high-speed signaling technologies
- SerDes
- PAM4
- BER analysis
- signal integrity
- optical lab equipment
- Linux environments
- Python scripting
- networking hardware platforms

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