Senior ASIC Failure Analysis Engineer - Hybrid

Cisco; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco in San Jose is seeking an experienced Failure Analysis Engineer to join the Quality and Reliability group. You will perform failure analysis on ASIC products, collaborating with Product Test, Design, Quality, Assembly, and Foundry teams to identify root causes and drive corrective actions.

You will develop FA processes, coordinate FA activities, document results, and serve as a technical resource for failure analysis questions while engaging with FA service vendors and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of semiconductor failure analysis experience.
• Experience writing and executing FA plans and interpreting FA results.
• Experience with FA equipment: cross section, X-ray, CSAM, TDR, FIB, SEM, TEM, IR/EMMI/OBIRCH.
• Ability to specify hardware and set up dynamic FA using SIL and LSM.
• Prior experience of fault isolation techniques using ATE, Scan/ATPG, MBIST.

Responsibilities

• Conduct root cause failure analysis of silicon product reliability test and field failures and propose corrective actions.
• Develop and implement standard processes for failure analysis using all types of FA equipment.
• Coordinate all the logistics and instructions to direct the failure analysis process and carry out FA function in a systematic way.
• Document and report failure analysis results to management.
• Function as a technical resource for failure analysis questions.
• Develop and maintain relationships with FA service and equipment vendors.
• Interface with product, test, and design engineering groups to identify and characterize faults on emerging technologies.

Skills

Failure analysis

Root cause analysis

FA techniques

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Communication

Interpreting FA results

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

X-ray

CSAM

FIB

TEM

SEM

LSM

SIL

TDR

MBIST

ATE

Job description

Cisco in San Jose is seeking an experienced Failure Analysis Engineer to join the Quality and Reliability group. You will perform failure analysis on ASIC products, collaborating with Product Test, Design, Quality, Assembly, and Foundry teams to identify root causes and drive corrective actions.

You will develop FA processes, coordinate FA activities, document results, and serve as a technical resource for failure analysis questions while engaging with FA service vendors and cross-functional