Senior Staff Engineer Technology Development

Infineon Technologies; Kulim; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company in Kulim, Malaysia is searching for a Senior Staff Engineer in Technology Development. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience in semiconductor device technology, a Master’s or PhD degree, and a strong background in clean room processes. This role involves developing wafer technology for power devices and ensuring high-quality mass production processes. Candidates must be proactive, communicate effectively, and be open to international assignments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience with wafer-level reliability tests and electrical characterization.
• Willingness for international assignments.

Responsibilities

• Develop wafer technology to meet performance, cost, and quality targets.
• Drive experiments from process definition to clean room realization.
• Ensure process stability and quality for mass-production.

Skills

Semiconductor device technology development

Process control monitor design/layout

Analytical skills

Communication in English

Clean room experience

Education

Master's or PhD in Physics, Electronics, Electrical Engineering or Material Sciences

Tools

Design of Experiments

Statistical Process Control

TCAD simulations

Job description

Senior Staff Engineer Technology Development

#WeAreIn for driving decarbonization and digitalization. As a global leader in semiconductor solutions in power systems and IoT, Infineon enables game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT. Together, we drive innovation and customer success, while caring for our people and empowering them to reach ambitious goals. Be a part of making life easier, safer and greener.

Are you in? We are on a journey to create the best Infineon for everyone. This means we embrace diversity and inclusion and welcome everyone for who they are. At Infineon, we offer a working environment characterized by trust, openness, respect and tolerance and are committed to give all applicants and employees equal opportunities. We base our recruiting decisions on the applicant´s experience and skills.

You have a passion for technology and innovation to shape the future of power electronics - listen up! We are looking for a technology development engineer who will be driving innovations from the concept definition till the volume production. As a technology process route development expert, you will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams from technical marketing to production.

• Develop wafer technology and wafer technology/product features to realize power devices addressing the application needs while meeting performance, cost, and quality targets.
• Drive experiments from the process split definition to the realization in the clean room, analyze available in-line metrology and electrical test data.
• Ensure process stability, quality of the manufacturing route for the mass-production release.
• Actively contribute to the project team while reporting on development progress and risk mitigation actions to ensure project objectives are met.
• Support and be in a technical leading role for product portfolio extension (internal/subcon).
• Interact with teams of different time zones incl. remote technology development tasks.

As an open-minded team player in an international/multi cultural and multi-disciplinary environment, you are able to communicate efficiently while proposing innovative and unconventional solutions and enjoy sharing knowledge with others. With your pro-active, self-organized working style, you ensure that deliverables are complete in high quality and remain aware of the big picture even in complex situations. Your analytical skills and structured approach enable you to solve problems efficiently.

You are best equipped for this task if you have:

• A university degree (Master, PhD) in Physics, Electronics, Electrical Engineering or Material Sciences.
• Minimum 6+ years of working experience in FE related Semiconductor industry.
• Experience in the field of semiconductor device technology development (Clean room experience, Design of Experiments, statistical process control, process control monitor design/layout, wafer-level reliability test and electrical characterization, failure analysis techniques, basic understanding of TCAD simulations, IP generation…).
• Readiness for international assignments (short/long term).
• Semiconductor physics & process integration knowledge.
• The ability to communicate efficiently in English written and spoken. Chinese language beneficial.