Senior Staff Failure Analysis Engineer – Semiconductors

Aitomic Jobs; Malaysia; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics in Bayan Lepas, Malaysia, is seeking a Senior Staff Failure Analysis Engineer to lead semiconductor failure investigations for advanced AI-related products. You will drive end-to-end fault isolation, electrical verification, and physical analysis, collaborating with design, process integration, reliability, and manufacturing teams to identify root causes and drive corrective actions.

The role requires hands-on experience with OBIRCH, PEM, TDR, X-Ray, SEM, EDX, and delayering,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in Electrical/Electronics/Physics or related field.
• 7+ years hands-on semiconductor failure analysis experience.
• Strong knowledge of IC device physics and fault isolation methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end failure analysis activities for engineering, qualification, reliability, manufacturing, and customer-returned devices.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions with cross-functional teams to improve product quality, yield, and reliability.
• Perform detailed electrical verification and characterization to validate failure signatures and reproduce failure conditions.
• Correlate electrical, physical, design, process, and reliability data to determine root cause of failures.
• Develop innovative FA methodologies and best practices to improve diagnostic efficiency and success rates.
• Prepare comprehensive technical reports and present investigation findings to management and customers.

Skills

Electrical verification

Fault isolation

Physical failure analysis

Schematic interpretation

CAD

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics

PhD in a related field

Tools

CAD

SEM

X-Ray

EDX

OBIRCH

PEM

TDR

2D/3D X-Ray

Job description

Renesas Electronics in Bayan Lepas, Malaysia, is seeking a Senior Staff Failure Analysis Engineer to lead semiconductor failure investigations for advanced AI-related products. You will drive end-to-end fault isolation, electrical verification, and physical analysis, collaborating with design, process integration, reliability, and manufacturing teams to identify root causes and drive corrective actions.

The role requires hands-on experience with OBIRCH, PEM, TDR, X-Ray, SEM, EDX, and delayering,