Staff EMIB-T Substrate Yield Engineer

Intel Corporation; George Town; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Intel Corporation seeks a Staff Technology Development Substrate Yield Lead to drive supplier yield, defect reduction, and process-control maturity for EMIB-T substrates across Japan suppliers. Expat assignment in Japan with emphasis on yield performance and issue closure.

The role requires strong technical depth, urgency, and ability to influence cross-functional teams and suppliers to deliver milestones. Hybrid work model and high-visibility responsibilities are involved.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with 6+ years or PhD with 4+ years in a technical field such as Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, or Data Science.
• 5+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, substrate technology, yield engineering, or related field.
• Hands-on experience in substrate/advanced packaging yield engineering including SPC, DFM/DFY, defect metrology, and failure analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day yield performance and issue closure for assigned supplier lines, modules, products, or process areas.
• Lead structured investigations from containment through experiments, failure analysis, corrective action, and sustainment.
• Use statistical and spatial analytics to identify signatures by line, tool, material, panel position, geometry, product, and time.
• Establish supplier actions, owners, completion criteria, control limits, and verification plans.
• Support DFM/DFY, qualification, ramp readiness, change control, and dashboard/automated analytics deployment.
• Communicate facts, hypotheses, decisions, and residual risks clearly.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Master's degree in Engineering or related field

PhD in a related discipline

Tools

Statistical analysis

Defect metrology

AI/ML defect detection

Dashboard analytics

HVM execution

Job description

Job Details

Job Description: Intel's APTM organization is seeking a highly driven Staff Technology Development Substrate Yield Lead to drive supplier yield, defect reduction, technical issue closure, and process-control maturity supporting next-generation EMIB-T substrates across Japan suppliers. The team will be chartered to lead yield performance for next-generation advanced packaging technologies, including EMIB-T (Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge with TSV), Intel's most advanced platform for heterogeneous integration partnering with substrate suppliers locally at the HVM factories.

This is a high-visibility, high-accountability role with significant responsibility for enabling successful technology development and manufacturing readiness across both Intel Foundry Services (IFS) and Intel Product Groups (IPG).

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who thrives in ambiguous and fast-paced environments, proactively drives issues to closure, and requires minimal supervision. Success in this role requires strong technical depth, urgency in execution, the ability to influence cross-functional teams and suppliers, and a relentless focus on delivering yield and program milestones.

This position requires an Expat assignment in Japan.

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day yield performance and issue closure for assigned supplier lines, modules, products, or process areas.
• Lead structured investigations from containment and hypothesis development through experiments, failure analysis, corrective action, and sustainment.
• Use statistical and spatial analytics to identify signatures by line, tool, material, panel position, geometry, product, and time.
• Establish clear supplier actions, owners, completion criteria, control limits, and verification plans.
• Support DFM/DFY, qualification, ramp readiness, change control, and deployment of dashboards or automated analytics.
• Capture reusable learning and communicate facts, hypotheses, decisions, and residual risks clearly.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

• Masters degree with 6+years or PhD with 4+years in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Data Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, substrate technology, yield engineering, process engineering, or a closely related field.
• Hands-on experience in substrate, advanced packaging, or semiconductor yield engineering, including statistical analysis, defect reduction, process optimization, SPC, DFM/DFY, defect metrology, failure analysis, and HVM execution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions in complex environments.
• Experience working across multiple organizations and influencing stakeholders to achieve results.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex technical issues, execute with urgency, and drive actions to closure.
• Experience developing or deploying yield monitoring systems, automated analytics, dashboards, image analytics, computer vision, AI/ML-based defect detection, or automated defect classification systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly with substrate suppliers and external manufacturing partners.
• Demonstrated program leadership experience, including coordinating cross-functional technical teams and driving execution in high-visibility, high-impact environments.
• Experience with semi-additive processing, build-up films, microvias, copper plating, lithography, lamination, embedded silicon, TSV, 2.5D/3D packaging, or heterogeneous integration.
• Prior experience supporting technology development, qualification, and manufacturing ramp of advanced semiconductor technologies.
• Experience with automated data pipelines, dashboards, image analytics, computer vision, AI/ML defect detection, or automated defect classification.

Job Type

Experienced Hire

Shift

Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location

Malaysia, Penang

Additional Locations

Malaysia, Kulim

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Intel is committed to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) compliance and ethical hiring practices. We do not charge any fees during our hiring process. Candidates should never be required to pay recruitment fees, medical examination fees, or any other charges as a condition of employment. If you are asked to pay any fees during our hiring process, please report this immediately to your recruiter.