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# Failure Analysis Engineer at CAI

Compensation · Listed in posting

$55 – $60/hr

**Setup**
: On-site

**Location**
: Oakton, Virginia

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: mid

**Posted**
: Sep 10, 2026

## Description

CAI is hiring a full-time, onsite Failure Analysis Engineer in Hampton, Virginia, to investigate product failures, manufacturing defects, customer complaints, warranty claims, and field returns. The role performs non-destructive and destructive laboratory analyses, prepares samples, uses microscopy and SEM/EDS, documents findings, supports root-cause investigations, and collaborates with engineering and quality teams to improve reliability and reduce scrap and yield issues. Candidates need a relevant bachelor's degree and 3–5 years of experience in failure analysis, materials engineering, reliability engineering, product engineering, or quality engineering, along with knowledge of analytical techniques and engineering problem-solving methodologies. The position pays $55–$60 per hour and includes medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.

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