About the role
Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles. The Spectacles team is pushing the boundaries of technology to bring people closer together in the real world. Our fifth-generation Spectacles, powered by Snap OS, showcase how standalone, see-through AR glasses make playing, learning, and working better together. Snapchat is a camera and messaging app that connects people to their friends and the world. Every day around the globe, millions of people use Snapchat to communicate with friends, build relationships, play, and learn. No matter where you are or how you express yourself, it’s always the fastest way to share a moment! We're looking for a hands-on Manufacturing Electrical Engineer to join the SpectaclesSnap Lab team and work on our next-generation Augmented Reality Spectacles. What you’ll do: Partner with Engineering, Technical Operations, and contract manufacturers to ensure product meets factory yield targets. Coordinate defect resolution with engineering technical operations, and contract manufacturers. Develop and maintain documentation on failure analysis procedures, repair procedures, best practices, and lessons learned. Perform detailed failure analysis on manufacturing failures, including PCB board-level, device level, and FW debugging to identify the root cause and resolution. Provide yield reports, defect pareto data, action plans, and escalations for functional performance quality. Mentor, train, and lead contract manufacturers on failure analysis, root-cause analysis, and defect resolution. Define or develop tools and fixtures that are required for Spectacles and board-level failure analysis Collaborate with Factory Test and Reliability teams to validate Factory Test effectiveness through circuit analysis or inducing defects and validating test processes. Provide guidance on or Design-for-Repairability, Design-for-Manufacturability. Provide status reports and present data on yields, defects, and resolutions to senior leadership team. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Strong understanding of electronic and components and PCB design, and manufacturing process Proficient with reading schematic designs, familiarity with schematic capture, gerber files, etc. Knowledge and failure analysis experience in acoustics, cameras, displays, RF (Cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, etc) Familiar with use of failure analysis equipment e.g. microscope, oscilloscope, multimeter, OMM, etc Experience with consumer electronics tear down and assembly process. Experience in root cause analysis due to non-conforming materials or assembly process related functional failures such as B2B connection, ZIF connection, flex crack, part damage, electrical shorts, poor assembly Experience in analysis methods e.g. X-ray, CT Scan, SEM, FTIR, cross-section etc Familiar with PCB/SMT failure modes such as solder shorts, BGA head-in-pillow soldering failures, etc Familiar with Six Sigma or statistical methodologies Experience scripting spreadsheets, Big Query or SQL, Looker Studio reports, or other programming or data processing tools Proficient in written and verbal communication in both Mandarin and English Provide essential on-site support during prototype and mass production builds Minimum