Staff/Senior Engineer CE PYE (Physical Failure Analysis/Fault Isolation)
Core
Provide full fault isolation and physical failure analysis support for qualifications, customer returns, new device introductions, and test failures to root-cause and classify physical defects.
Role type
Staff/Senior IC Physical Failure Analysis Engineer
Builds
High-performance memory and storage products (DRAM, NAND, NOR, HBM)
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / Memory and storage
Required skills
Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Material Science background, fault isolation techniques, physical failure analysis methods, electrical device characterization, NAND/DRAM/HBM device knowledge, Fab process understanding, team leadership, tool maintenance coordination
Preferred skills
Knowledge of fault isolation equipment, experience with electrical fail models, shift rotation availability
Technologies
Fault isolation equipment, electrical characterization tools, physical failure analysis tools
Responsibilities
Perform sophisticated electrical device characterization to determine electrical fail mechanisms, operate fault isolation equipment to narrow down failure defect locations, conduct physical failure analysis to identify and classify physical defects, establish and hypothesize potential electrical or process fail mechanisms, collaborate with frontend to backend teams and Global Quality to resolve defectivity issues, prepare and present comprehensive failure mechanisms reports, develop and implement new fault isolation and physical failure analysis techniques, lead and guide a team of technicians, coordinate maintenance and high uptime of fault isolation and physical failure analysis tools
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership
