Staff Failure Analysis Engineer IC

Power Integrations; George Town; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Power Integrations in Penang seeks a Staff Failure Analysis Engineer with deep expertise in wafer fabrication and hands-on experience with foundries. You will lead supplier quality programs, oversee FEOL/BEOL processes, and drive data-driven improvements across a global wafer supply base.

You will collaborate with supplier teams to define quality strategies, review process controls, and manage defect investigation and corrective actions to ensure high reliability of semiconductor products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in semiconductor wafer fabrication or supplier quality.
• Experience interfacing with wafer fabs or foundries.
• Strong knowledge of FEOL and BEOL processes and inline metrology.
• Experience with SPC, DOE, FMEA, MSA, 8D methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical quality interface to wafer fabs and foundry partners, ensuring alignment on quality expectations, process capability, and long‑term improvement plans.
• Provide deep technical oversight of wafer fabrication processes, including lithography, etch, deposition, CMP, implant, diffusion, and BEOL metallization.
• Lead complex problem‑solving efforts for supplier issues, excursions, and defects with rigorous root cause analysis and durable corrective actions.
• Conduct in‑depth technical audits focused on wafer fab capability, quality systems, reliability performance, and process maturity.
• Drive improvement initiatives to elevate supplier capability and reduce variability.

Skills

Supplier quality

-SPC-

DOE

FMEA

MSA

8D problem solving

Process control

Metrology

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related technical field

Job description

Staff Failure Analysis Engineer - Penang

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Staff Failure Analysis Engineer with deep technical expertise in wafer fabrication processes and hands‑on experience working directly with foundries and front‑end manufacturing partners. This role is critical to ensuring our semiconductor products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance. The ideal candidate brings strong process knowledge across FEOL and BEOL modules, a proven ability to collaborate with supplier engineering teams, and a passion for driving proactive, data‑driven continuous improvement across a global wafer supply base.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Supplier Quality Leadership

• Serve as the primary technical quality interface to wafer fabs and foundry partners, ensuring alignment on quality expectations, process capability, and long‑term improvement plans.
• Develop and execute supplier quality strategies that strengthen front‑end manufacturing performance and reduce risk across the supply chain.
• Influence supplier leadership and internal stakeholders to prioritize quality, reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Wafer Fab Process Oversight

• Provide deep technical oversight of wafer fabrication processes, including lithography, etch, deposition, CMP, implant, diffusion, and BEOL metallization.
• Assess supplier process capability, SPC control, equipment stability, and defect management systems to ensure robust, scalable manufacturing.
• Review and approve process documentation, control plans, PFMEAs, and manufacturing specifications.

Yield, Defect, and Excursion Management

• Lead complex problem‑solving efforts for systemic supplier issues, excursions, and customer‑impacting defects.
• Drive rigorous root cause analysis and ensure durable corrective and preventive actions are implemented and verified.

Supplier Audits & Development

• Conduct in‑depth technical audits focused on wafer fab capability, quality systems, reliability performance, and process maturity.
• Develop and execute supplier improvement plans that elevate process capability, yield, and defect performance.
• Mentor suppliers on quality methodologies, reliability expectations, and advanced process control.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Drive improvement initiatives that elevate supplier capability and reduce variability.
• Identify and implement innovative approaches to improve wafer quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related technical field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in semiconductor wafer fabrication, supplier quality, process engineering, or foundry management.
• Deep technical knowledge of FEOL and BEOL processes, inline metrology, defect inspection, and yield engineering.
• Proven experience directly interfacing with wafer fabs or foundries and driving supplier‑level corrective actions and process improvements.
• Strong understanding of SPC, DOE, FMEA, MSA, 8D, and other quality and reliability methodologies.
• Ability to interpret wafer maps, defect paretos, SPC charts, inline data, and reliability results.