Yen-Chun Chen
Failure Analysis Engineer at Ingrasys Tech Inc.
Failure Analysis Engineer at Ingrasys Tech Inc.
Phone: +1 541-286-2173
Email: kerrychen0815@gmail.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-chen/
I am a Failure Analysis Engineer at Ingrasys (Foxconn Group), onboarded in May 2025 after earning my Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University. With over seven years of combined industry and academic experience, I specialize in failure analysis and system-level debugging of high-performance servers, specifically the GB200 and GB300 platforms. In my role, I investigate complex customer-reported issues, perform root cause analysis for L10 defects, resolve RMA cases, and develop internal failure analysis workflows and automated test scripts to improve efficiency and traceability. I work closely with customers and cross-functional teams to address field escalations, identify recurring failure trends, and enhance overall product reliability.
I thrive in fast-paced, multicultural environments where I can combine technical depth with customer engagement. Fluent in Mandarin and professionally proficient in English, I am comfortable collaborating with global teams to deliver reliable and timely solutions. I am passionate about solving complex system-level problems and continuously improving processes to ensure high-quality outcomes for both customers and internal stakeholders.
Failure Analysis Engineer
May. 2025 - present San Jose, CA
Spearhead debug and repair of system-level failures on GB200, GB300, and Vera Rubin NVL72 servers. Specialized in resolving complex issues related to the components, such as BMC, HMC, HPM, DPU, and so on, to ensure system reliability.
Investigate failing system issues via Linux command line, such as ipmitool, lspci, i2c, and so on, providing root cause findings and resolution plans to both internal engineering and customer engineering teams.
Collaborate closely with customers and cross-functional teams, including customer Test Engineers and Validation Engineers, to identify recurring system-level issues, implement robust solutions, and continuously enhance product performance and reliability.
Established and streamlined an internal failure analysis system to support NPI manufacturing, improving traceability, turnaround time, and knowledge sharing.
Senior Android Engineer
Jul. 2019 - Sep. 2022 Taipei, Taiwan
Designed and developed scalable Android applications used by millions of users daily with Kotlin and Java in Android Studio, utilizing MVVM and MVP architectural patterns for modularity and maintainability.
Integrated RESTful APIs with Retrofit, Kotlin Coroutines, and RxJava to handle data transmission across multiple threads, ensuring non-blocking operations and preventing UI freezing during API responses.
Designed and implemented local data storage solutions using Jetpack Room, SharedPreferences, and Internal/External Storage to handle diverse local storage scenarios.
Utilized Dagger Hilt for Dependency Injection to reduce boilerplate code and improve maintainability.
Secured APIs using HTTPS and SSL, enhancing data security and compliance with industry standards.
Optimized and debugged WebView with Chrome DevTools, optimizing performance and increasing stability.
Managed Activity and Fragment lifecycles and implemented Jetpack Navigation to ensure smooth transitions, enhancing user experience and reducing app navigation-related issues by 10%.
Built and managed a custom CI/CD workflow system with Jenkins, Redmine, and Slack, leveraging problem solving skills to automate build and deployment pipelines. Reduced errors, enhanced team communication with real-time notifications and task tracking, and improved efficiency by 20%.
Mentored junior developers, accelerating onboarding and enhancing team productivity.
Electrical Hardware Engineer
Apr. 2015 - Feb. 2019 Taipei, Taiwan
Designed motherboard circuits for Intel platforms (6th to 8th generation, SkyLake-S to CoffeeLake-S), X299 series, and AMD AM4 series, including schematic development and design deployment.
Ensured product signal integrity and stability throughout the design process.
Developed module circuits for power solutions, providing internal reference designs and enabling efficient implementation.
Supervised product lines and collaborated with engineers in the factory in China through technical exchanges to ensure seamless production.
Diagnosed and resolved hardware issues related to materials and design, delivering effective solutions to enhance product quality and reliability.
Sep. 2023 - Mar. 2025
Corvallis, OR
Cumulative GPA: 3.79/4.0
Taken Courses: VLSI System Design, Hardware Verification, Computer Architecture, Stochastic Signals and Systems, Machine Learning, Network Theory, Operating Systems (JOS Lab), Cyber Security, Contemporary Energy Applications, Introduction of Parallel Programming.
Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2013
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Project: Real-Time Voting Android App via Android mobile phone Bluetooth.
NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 unifies leading-edge technologies from NVIDIA—72 Rubin GPUs, 36 Vera CPUs, ConnectX®-9 SuperNIC™s, and BlueField®-4 DPUs. It scales up intelligence in a rack-scale platform with the NVIDIA NVLink™ 6 switch and scales out with NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand and Spectrum-X™ Ethernet to power the AI industrial revolution at scale. When deployed with NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX racks, Vera Rubin NVL72 delivers a new class of inference performance for trillion-parameter models and million-token context.
Vera Rubin NVL72 is built on the third-generation NVIDIA MGX™ NVL72 rack design, offering a seamless transition from prior generations. It delivers AI training with one-fourth the GPUs and AI inference at one-tenth the cost per million tokens versus NVIDIA Blackwell. Featuring cable‑free modular tray designs and support from over 80 MGX ecosystem partners, the rack-scale AI supercomputer delivers world‑class performance with rapid deployment.
The NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 features a fully liquid-cooled, rack-scale design that unifies 72 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 36 Arm®-based NVIDIA Grace™ CPUs in a single platform optimized for test-time scaling inference. AI factories powered with the GB300 NVL72 using NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand or Spectrum™-X Ethernet paired with ConnectX®-8 SuperNICS provide a 50x higher output for reasoning model inference compared to the NVIDIA Hopper™ platform.
MOMO Mobile Shopping is a leading e-commerce platform in Taiwan and represents the largest-scale application I have contributed to. Developed within a Scrum sprint-based workflow, the app provides a seamless and convenient shopping experience, offering an extensive range of products. Its features include intuitive navigation, secure payment integrations, and personalized recommendations, serving millions of active users daily. Designed to deliver a fast, reliable, and engaging online shopping experience, MOMO Mobile Shopping is recognized as one of the most popular and trusted shopping apps in the region.
Lucky Draw is a demonstration application developed to highlight key Android development concepts and techniques. The app provides a streamlined and user-friendly interface for managing and randomly selecting names from a list, simulating scenarios like raffles or team assignments.
This project explores and integrates modern Android development tools, such as Jetpack Compose, alongside established practices like MVVM architecture, Jetpack Navigation, and state management. It also leverages Dagger Hilt for dependency injection to ensure modularity and scalability and Jetpack Room for persisting the item history, enabling seamless data storage and retrieval.
By combining these tools and principles, the app demonstrates the ability to implement real-time data updates with LiveData, seamless fragment transitions, and dynamic UI interactions. The objective of this project is to showcase adaptability to new technologies while maintaining a focus on creating efficient, responsive, and maintainable applications.
FinDiamond is a non-profit app aimed at improving the lives of street animals in Taiwan. It provides first-hand adoption information from shelters across the country. The app name, "FinDiamond," comes from my pet, Diamond, symbolizing the hope that users can find their own "Diamond."
Implemented remote data storage using Firebase Cloud Firestore to track information.
Integrated local data storage with Jetpack Room for efficient browsing of adoption records.
Enabled secure authentication with Google Sign-In, Facebook Login SDK, and Firebase Authentication.
Added engaging animations using MotionLayout and ConstraintSet for an improved user experience.
Utilized Firebase Crashlytics to monitor app performance and user behavior effectively.
Implemented advanced data searching and filtering features using keywords and conditions.
Followed Scrum methodology with Trello for project planning and management.
Intel 8th Generation Desktop Gaming Motherboard.
TweakTown BEST FEATURE AWARD
Professional Review GOLD AWARD
IT Hardware Rating 4.0
Intel X299 platform high-end desktop Motherboard.
RAZORMAN Review DIAMOND AWARD
HARDWARE.INFO EXCELLENT AWARD
Intel 7th Generation Desktop Motherboard.
2017 Best Seller in China
Intel 6th Generation Desktop Motherboard.
Gained proficiency in linear and nonlinear regression/classification, boosting techniques, and neural networks. Acquired expertise in logistic regression, LDA, QDA, model validation, and selection methods using tools like Python, Jupyter Notebook, and Anaconda. Leveraged CUDA for faster training of deep learning models and utilized MATLAB for developing and analyzing statistical models.
Final Project: Developed a CNN to classify plant leaves into 38 classes with 98.43% accuracy using PyTorch.
Completed labs 1 to 4, gaining hands-on experience with OS internals and x86 architecture. Implemented a bootloader to initialize hardware and transfer control to the kernel, designed virtual memory mechanisms with page allocation and translation, and built user environments with system calls and context switching. Enhanced the kernel with preemptive multitasking, including scheduling and the yield system call.
Developed proficiency in implementing parallel programs using technologies like OpenMP, CUDA, and MPI. Explored core topics including parallel performance analysis, data decomposition, work sharing, and load balancing. Completed projects on parallel matrix multiplication, optimization of multithreaded applications, and performance evaluation on multi-core and GPU architectures. Analyzed threading models and synchronization methods, culminating in a paper analysis of advanced concurrency techniques.
Mastered VLSI and digital design using (System)Verilog, specializing in FPGA design with Xilinx/AMD and open-source toolchains. Developed and tested modules for synchronous and asynchronous entities, implemented AES encryption, DSP-based 32-bit multipliers, and addressed clock domain crossing with asynchronous FIFOs.
Final project: Designed and implemented a five-stage pipeline microprocessor, integrating IF module, EX module, ALU, SRU, and Data Memory.
Devised and evaluated 15+ SVA properties to verify design specifications for a memory controller, achieving nearly 100% coverage through random constrained testing with 20+ covergroups. Constructed Do/Tcl/bash scripts and testbench environments for simulation validation, and maintained a test plan mapping 28 specifications to verification methods like Code Coverage, Functional Coverage, FPV, and Linting.
Learned advanced computer architecture concepts including instruction-level parallelism (ILP), superscalar processors, and multiprocessor systems. Studied memory hierarchy optimization techniques and solid-state device architectures. Developed an understanding of modern research trends and challenges in high-performance computing.
Final Project: Survey on Computing System Approaches for Efficient LLMs(Large Language Models).