Senior Semiconductor Failure Analysis Engineer (FPGA)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive opportunities

Job summary

Altera seeks an experienced Failure Analysis Engineer to lead root‑cause analysis of yield, reliability and customer returns on FPGA devices using non‑destructive fault isolation techniques. The role requires coordinating with Design, Foundry and Reliability teams to pinpoint fault modes and drive corrective actions.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in semiconductor failure analysis, strong experience with LVP, EMMI, OBIRCH, and layout/design tools, plus a background in DFT and fault

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Eng, Materials Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years of semiconductor failure analysis experience.
• 8+ years of experience with FA tools such as Laser Voltage Probing (LVP), Photo Emission EMMI, Optical Beam Induced Resistance Change (OBIRCH).
• 8+ years of experience with DFT and logic fault localization knowledge.
• 8+ years of experience driving investigations to root‑cause and to drive yield/reliability improvements.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product/Yield/Reliability Engineers to drive electrical verification, and fault isolation during product development, yield improvement and reliability risk assessments
• Support debug and fault isolation on customer returns
• Define, execute and interpret fault isolation methods as appropriate to non‑destructively isolate a failure using commercial testers and fault isolation tools
• Proficient in independently using Emission microscopes, Laser Voltage Probing and OBIRCH tools
• Experienced with layout, schematic and design analysis tools
• Collaborate with physical failure analysis team on defect modes

Skills

Failure analysis

Layout & design knowledge

DFT knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

LVP (Laser Voltage Probing)

EMMI (Emission microscopy)

OBIRCH

Virtuoso

Avalon

SysNav

Teradyne Ultraflex

Job description

Altera seeks an experienced Failure Analysis Engineer to lead root‑cause analysis of yield, reliability and customer returns on FPGA devices using non‑destructive fault isolation techniques. The role requires coordinating with Design, Foundry and Reliability teams to pinpoint fault modes and drive corrective actions.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in semiconductor failure analysis, strong experience with LVP, EMMI, OBIRCH, and layout/design tools, plus a background in DFT and fault