Sr SiC & GaN Technology Reliability Engineer

Navitas Semiconductor Usa; Pune District; On-site; INR 6,666,667 - 8,571,429; Full time

Job summary

Navitas Semiconductor Usa is looking for a Reliability Engineer in Pune, India, who will develop and execute reliability qualification strategies for SiC and GaN technologies. Responsibilities include leading reliability failures investigations, generating qualification reports, and working closely with cross-functional teams to improve technology robustness.

Candidates should have a MS/PhD in relevant fields and experience with semiconductor characterization equipment and statistical analysis tools. This role is a full-time position.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in semiconductor reliability or power device engineering.
• Hands-on experience with semiconductor characterization equipment.
• Experience with statistical and data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliability qualification strategies for SiC and GaN technologies.
• Lead root-cause investigations for reliability failures.
• Generate qualification reports and reliability summaries.

Skills

Semiconductor reliability

Electrical characterization

Statistical analysis

Reliability modeling

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Keysight Technologies B1505/B1506 systems

Python

MATLAB

Excel

Job description

Job Details
Job Location: Pune
Position Type: Full Time
Position Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute reliability qualification strategies for SiC and GaN technologies across wafer, package, and system levels.
• Design and own accelerated stress methodologies for:
  • HTRB / HTGB , H3TRB / THB , Temperature cycling, Power cycling
  • TDDB, Gate oxide reliability
  • Short-circuit ruggedness, Avalanche / UIS robustness
  • High-temperature operating life (HTOL) , Switching reliability under dynamic stress
• Develop lifetime acceleration models and reliability projections for mission‑profile applications.
• Correlate electrical, thermal, material, and process parameters with device degradation and field reliability.
• Lead root‑cause investigations for reliability failures using electrical, physical, and material analysis techniques.
• Work closely with process integration, device design, product engineering, packaging, and quality teams to improve technology robustness.
• Generate qualification reports, reliability summaries, statistical analyses, and executive‑level recommendations.

Technical Responsibilities

• Electrical Reliability & Characterization
  • High‑voltage characterization up to kV‑class devices
  • BVdss and leakage characterization vs. temperature
  • Gate stress reliability evaluation
  • Dynamic switching reliability characterization
  • Double‑pulse testing and transient robustness analysis
  • Dynamic RDS(on) and trapping analysis
  • Thermal impedance and electrothermal correlation
• Support cross‑sectional analysis and material investigations with FA labs.
• Reliability Modeling
  • Develop acceleration models for Electric field stress, Temperature stress, Humidity stress, Switching duty cycle stress
  • Predict lifetime under mission‑profile operating conditions.

Required Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Semiconductor Engineering, or related discipline.
• 3+ years (or equivalent) experience in semiconductor reliability, characterization, or power device engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with semiconductor characterization equipment including:
  • Keysight Technologies B1505/B1506 systems, High‑voltage SMUs, Curve tracers, Oscilloscopes, Double‑pulse test benches, Thermal chambers
  • HTRB/HTGB systems
  • Experience with statistical and data analysis tools: Python, MATLAB, JMP, Excel