Failure Analysis Engineer

118-WW TMG MFG OPS; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments is seeking a Product Engineer in the Analog Circuit Analysis Lab to analyze and determine root causes of electrical failures and recommend corrective actions. You will interact with analog circuit analysis and design, test and characterization, device physics, and semiconductor technology.

The role involves testing, device characterization, and communicating results to designers and management to enable rapid problem resolution and technology transfer.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or related Engineering field.
• 5 years of experience in Analog IC Design or Failure Analysis.
• Solid understanding of analog and digital circuits and their operation.

Responsibilities

• Test setups to electrically verify failures.
• Using global isolation tools such as OBIRCH and EMMI.
• Understand the failure analysis flow and identify root causes efficiently.
• Electrical characterization of semiconductor devices – MOS and bipolar.
• Communicate results via a final report and defend recommendations to designers.

Skills

Analog IC design

Failure analysis

Electrical engineering

Education

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Curve tracers

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

OBIRCH/EMMI isolation tools

Job description

Change the world. Love your job.

As a Product Engineer in the Analog Circuit Analysis Lab (ACA) in ATD, you'll support new technology development, product ramp, and technology transfers by analyzing and determining the root cause of electrical failures and recommending corrective actions to fix the issues you found. You will interact with a varied disciplines such as analog circuit analysis and design, test and characterization, device physics and semiconductor technology.

Responsibilities

• Test setups to electrically verify failures.
• Using global isolation tools such as OBIRCH and EMMI.
• Understand the failure analysis flow – how to get to root cause most efficiently.
• Electrical characterization of semiconductor devices – MOS and bipolar.
• Effectively communicating your results via a final report. You need to defend your recommendations to designers, process experts, and management.
• Be able to probe internal nets on an integrated circuit.
• Understand and apply various pieces of equipment used in testing and characterizing semiconductors.

You’ll be involved with many aspects of new technology development at TI and have a chance to make a big impact by finding root cause of failures and recommending corrective actions. The skill set you develop will be broad: interacting with design, test, and semiconductor process experts regularly and learning how to “follow the data” and get from A -> B most efficiently to rapidly find root cause.

Minimum Requirements

• Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or related Engineering field
• 5 year's of experience in Analog IC Design or Failure Analysis
• Solid understanding of analog and digital circuits their operation and analysis. Solid understanding of process technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive hands on experience working with different lab equipment for taking data and / or performing device debug or failure analysis. For example use of the curve tracers; return loss analyzers, oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers.
• Experience of bench testing of op-amps, ADCs, mixed -signal circuits and digital circuits
• Experience with bench validation and characterization PCBs
• Experience with integrated circuit and device failure analysis
• Programming skills for automation of bench characterization equipment (VBA, Python, GPIB)
• Knowledge and experience characterization of MOS and Bipolar components.
• Ability to work in a team setup comprising design and fab personnel.
• Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong, influential relationships
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• Ability to take the initiative and drive for results.
• Strong problem solving, verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to multiplex between projects and be able to maintain project schedules.