Senior Failure Analysis Engineer – MEMS/IC Reliability

Sitime-Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Health and wellness benefits

Parental leave

Legal services

Time off

Job summary

SiTime is seeking a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer in Santa Clara, CA. This role focuses on hands-on semiconductor FA to identify failure mechanisms, drive root cause analysis, and enhance product quality and customer satisfaction for MEMS-based timing devices.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of FA experience, strong knowledge of device structures and failure modes, and can lead cross-functional investigations using advanced FA tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on semiconductor IC failure analysis experience.
• Knowledge of device structures, processes and failure mechanisms; MEMS a plus.
• Experience with fault isolation, functional verification, and RCA.
• Experience with advanced FA tools and techniques including micro-probing, SEM/EDX, deprocessing, FIB, cross-sectioning.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical and physical failure analysis investigations from initial fault isolation to root cause conclusion.
• Analyze failures from customer returns, qualification, reliability testing, and new product development to identify mechanisms and drive corrective actions.
• Collaborate with design, product, test, reliability, and customer engineering teams to improve robustness and quality.
• Prepare clear FA summaries, technical reports, and leadership updates for timely decisions.
• Strengthen FA best practices and share lessons learned to improve efficiency and reporting.

Skills

Electrical engineering background

Root cause analysis

Hands-on failure analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication of technical findings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SEM/EDX

FIB

micro-probing

silicon device deprocessing

2D/3D X-ray inspection

EMMI/OBIRCH

Job description

SiTime is seeking a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer in Santa Clara, CA. This role focuses on hands-on semiconductor FA to identify failure mechanisms, drive root cause analysis, and enhance product quality and customer satisfaction for MEMS-based timing devices.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of FA experience, strong knowledge of device structures and failure modes, and can lead cross-functional investigations using advanced FA tools.