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 DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / Memory and storage
Required skills
Electrical device characterization, fault isolation equipment operation, physical defect identification, electrical fail modeling, process flow understanding, team leadership, AI tool integration
Preferred skills
NAND/DRAM/HBM device knowledge, Fab process knowledge, AI-enabled enhancement development
Technologies
Fault isolation equipment, AI-assisted 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, backend, and Global Quality teams to resolve defectivity issues; Prepare and present comprehensive failure mechanisms weekly; Develop and implement new fault isolation and physical failure analysis techniques; Lead and guide a team of CE PYE technicians; Coordinate maintenance and high uptime of fault isolation and physical failure analysis tools; Integrate AI-assisted tools and insights into daily work
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership