Senior Physical Failure Analysis Engineer – Semiconductors

Altera Corporation; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera Corporation in San Jose, CA is seeking an experienced semiconductor Physical Failure Analysis Engineer responsible for root cause identification on yield, reliability and customer returns. The role collaborates with design and process development to relate materials properties to electrical performance and to support transfer of new products to manufacturing.

You will develop, record, and perform failure analysis using SEM, FIB, EDX, and other tools, and contribute to failure mode and

Qualifications

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in semiconductor failure analysis.
• 8+ years of experience with Layout & Design tools (Virtuoso, Avalon, SysNav, etc.).
• 8+ years of experience using failure analysis techniques including die milling/thinning, FIB, SEM, and EDS.
• 8+ years of experience driving investigations to root cause and yield/reliability improvements.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product/Yield/Reliability Engineers to drive fault isolation during product development, yield improvement and reliability risk assessments.
• Support physical failure analysis and root cause determination of semiconductor device failures.
• Collaborate with fault isolation engineers or independently interpret Emission microscopes, Laser Voltage Probing and OBIRCH data to define failure analysis processes.
• Independently define, and execute physical failure analysis tools such as SEM, FIB and EDX; work with layout, schematic and design analysts.
• Develop reports and communicate findings to the responsible engineers on a regular basis.

Skills

Fault isolation

Root cause analysis

Yield improvement

Reliability engineering

Education

BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Virtuoso

Avalon

SysNav

SEM

FIB

EDX/EDS

Job description

Altera Corporation in San Jose, CA is seeking an experienced semiconductor Physical Failure Analysis Engineer responsible for root cause identification on yield, reliability and customer returns. The role collaborates with design and process development to relate materials properties to electrical performance and to support transfer of new products to manufacturing.

You will develop, record, and perform failure analysis using SEM, FIB, EDX, and other tools, and contribute to failure mode and