Senior Failure Analysis Engineer - Semiconductors Root Cause

SiTime Corp.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Health and wellness

Equity grants

Parental leave

Job summary

SiTime Corp. is hiring a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer to join a collaborative engineering team focused on solving complex semiconductor IC failures.

You will identify failure mechanisms, drive root cause analysis, and improve product quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction for advanced SiTime products. Responsibilities include leading electrical and physical FA investigations, collaborating with design, test, reliability and customer engineering, and preparing clear FA summaries and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in semiconductor IC failure analysis.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor device structures, processes, and common failure mechanisms; MEMS experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience with fault isolation, functional verification, and root cause failure analysis.
• Hands-on experience with advanced FA tools and techniques, including micro-probing, SEM/EDX, silicon device deprocessing, FIB, and mechanical cross-sectioning.
• Knowledge of 2D/3D X-ray inspection, EMMI/OBIRCH, thermal imaging, decapsulation, and semiconductor reliability testing.
• Ability to communicate complex technical findings clearly to engineering teams, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Failure analysis

Semiconductor FA tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical reporting

Root cause analysis

Education

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

Tools

SEM/EDX

FIB

micro-probing

2D/3D X-ray inspection

Job description

SiTime Corp. is hiring a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer to join a collaborative engineering team focused on solving complex semiconductor IC failures.

You will identify failure mechanisms, drive root cause analysis, and improve product quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction for advanced SiTime products. Responsibilities include leading electrical and physical FA investigations, collaborating with design, test, reliability and customer engineering, and preparing clear FA summaries and