Senior Yield & Integration Engineer

Teledyne LeCroy Korea; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne is seeking a Senior Yield & Integration Engineer to drive yield improvement and defect reduction across IR detector and thermal imaging device manufacturing. You will lead root-cause analyses, coordinate technology transfers, and mentor teams while partnering with design, reliability, and production groups.

The role requires deep analytics, data-driven decision making, and hands-on experience with MEMS/bolometer fabrication and advanced failure analysis.

Qualifications

• M.S. or equivalent in a STEM field.
• 7+ years of experience in yield engineering, process integration, or device engineering.
• Direct experience with infrared detectors, thermal imaging systems, microbolometers, or MEMS devices.
• Must be US Citizen or PERM Resident.

Responsibilities

• Oversee wafer foundry yield management and establish yield monitoring.
• Lead root cause investigations into yield excursions across fabrication, assembly, and test.
• Drive corrective actions and optimize process windows for yield improvement.
• Analyze yield loss mechanisms and correlate defects to performance.
• Own integrated process flows for IR & bolometer tech.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead Lean/Six Sigma improvement projects.

Skills

Technical expertise

MEMS fabrication

Data analytics

Root cause analysis

Lean Six Sigma

Cross-functional leadership

Process integration

Education

M.S. or equivalent in STEM

Tools

JMP

Python

SQL

MATLAB

SEM

EDX

FIB

Job description

Job Description

Job Summary: Under the general supervision of the Yield & Integration Engineering Manager, the Senior Yield & Integration Engineer is a technical leader responsible for driving yield improvement, process integration robustness, and defectivity reduction across advanced IR detection and thermal imaging device manufacturing operations. This role provides deep expertise in yield analysis, failure analysis, and progressed materials characterization, while leading cross‑functional teams through complex yield excursion investigation, technology transfer, and new product introductions (NPI). The individual will need to exhibit a self-driven sense of urgency, effective collaboration, tolerance of ambiguity, and demonstrated ability to exercise objective technical judgement while embracing the following responsibilities:

Yield Ownership & Defectivity Reduction

Oversee wafer foundry yield management by establishing yield monitoring frameworks, analyzing inline, parametric, and final test data to identify yield loss mechanisms. Lead root cause investigations into yield excursions across fabrication, assembly, and test. Collaborate closely with foundry partners and internal process integration, device, and reliability teams to drive corrective actions, optimize process windows, and deliver sustained yield improvement and cost reduction.

Advanced Failure Analysis & Characterization

Analyze yield loss mechanisms impacting key detector metrics. Drive root cause analysis using advanced tools and techniques. Correlate physical defects to electrical, thermal, and optical performance impact.

Process Integration – IR & Bolometer Technologies

Own and optimize integrated process flows. Ensure compatibility and robustness across front‑end, MEMS, and back‑end processes. Support technology transfers and manufacturing ramp of new IR detector designs.

Data Analytics & Performance Correlation

Correlate process data with thermal imaging performance metrics and test results. Perform advanced yield and performance analysis using JMP, Python, SQL, or MATLAB. Develop yield dashboards, defect Pareto analyses, and predictive indicators for yield risk.

Cross‑Functional Technical Leadership

Partner closely with device design and modeling teams, ROIC and electronics engineering. Interact reliability, packaging, and test engineering. Interface with equipment vendors, material suppliers, and external foundries on yield and integration issues. Support customer‑facing root cause investigations and continuous improvement efforts.

Mentorship & Continuous Improvement

Mentor junior yield and integration engineers in IR‑specific failure analysis and yield methodologies. Lead multi‑disciplinary improvement projects using Lean and Six Sigma tools. Define best practices, documentation standards, and yield control plans for manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will have the following

• Technical Expertise
• Familiarity with electronic circuit functionality (schematics, functional elements, etc.)
• Microbolometer MEMS fabrication
• Insight to wafer foundry functionality and process integration
• Vacuum technology: concepts, materials, and equipment
• Familiarity with photolithography processes and equipment
• ROIC-to-detector hybridization
• Wafer bonding, dicing, and release steps
• Strong understanding of MEMS processing, thin films, and wafer‑level integration
• Photolithography
• Wafer photo pattern strips & cleans
• CMP, Etch, Lift‑off
• PECVD, PVD, E‑Beam
• Expertise in SPC, DOE, and yield analytics
• Hands‑on experience with AOI, SEM, EDX, FIB, FTIR
• Skills
• Strong data‑driven decision‑making and mentorship capabilities
• Exceptional root cause analysis and system‑level thinking
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to lead technically across organizations without direct authority

Required Qualifications

• M.S. or equivalent in a STEM field- Will consider work equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of experience in yield engineering, process integration, or device engineering
• Direct experience with infrared detectors, thermal imaging systems, microbolometers, or MEMS devices
• Must be US Citizen or PERM Resident

Salary Range

$141,900.00-$189,200.000 The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, local regulations (such as minimum wage), education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non‑merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.