Memory Quality & Reliability Engineer — Silicon Certification (Hybrid)

Intel; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Intel Corporation is seeking an experienced Memory Quality and Reliability Engineer to drive post-silicon memory characterization, certification, and technology readiness activities for SRAM, Register File, and fuse array technologies. You will help improve certification methodologies, analyze large silicon datasets, and develop predictive models to guide technology deployment and PDK releases.

You will collaborate with Design, Device Engineering, PDE, and Yield teams to transform silicon

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on memory testing.
• 2+ years of quantitative analysis of large-scale memory/semiconductor data using statistical methods.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience using JMP and Python for data analysis, statistical modeling, automation, or data visualization.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute SRAM, RF, and/or Fuse technology certification supporting development milestones.
• Define and maintain certification methodologies, test strategies, and readiness requirements for memory array.
• Drive memory array characterization across operating conditions to evaluate Vmin, Vmax, aging, variability, and margins.
• Analyze silicon characterization data to identify performance gaps, failure signatures, and risks.
• Develop silicon-based Vccmin and Vmax predictive models for certification, PDK releases, and product guidance.
• Perform silicon-to-simulation correlation assessments and investigate discrepancies between measured silicon and design predictions.
• Collaborate with Yield, Design, Device Engineering, PDE, Defect Rel and FIFA teams to define root-cause hypotheses and improvement recommendations.
• Generate certification reports, readiness assessments, and risk projections for technology deployment decisions.
• Present technical findings to engineering leadership, program teams, and customers.

Skills

Memory testing

Statistical analysis

Python

JMP

SQL

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering/related

M.S. in Electrical Engineering/related

Tools

JMP

Python

SQL

Job description

Intel Corporation is seeking an experienced Memory Quality and Reliability Engineer to drive post-silicon memory characterization, certification, and technology readiness activities for SRAM, Register File, and fuse array technologies. You will help improve certification methodologies, analyze large silicon datasets, and develop predictive models to guide technology deployment and PDK releases.

You will collaborate with Design, Device Engineering, PDE, and Yield teams to transform silicon