Silicon Teardown & Analysis Engineer

S27a; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SemiAnalysis is the leading independent research firm in semiconductors and AI. The STEEL lab in Hillsboro, Oregon conducts teardown and characterization of advanced AI and datacenter hardware, from transistor level to packaging.

You will engage with industry experts and guide competitive analysis, design, and manufacturing decisions. This role spans all technical areas in the lab, welcoming all experience levels and valuing strong application knowledge over breadth.

Qualifications

• Genuine exposure to leading-edge semiconductors, hardware, or systems.
• Strong ability to reason from physical evidence to design and process intent.
• Technical writing that stands up to expert scrutiny.
• Hands-on aptitude for sample preparation, imaging, and analytical instruments.

Responsibilities

• Tear down and characterize leading-edge hardware end to end: acquisition, X-ray, cross-section, delayer, imaging, interpretation.
• Convert physical evidence into defensible conclusions on process, packaging, design intent, architecture, and cost.
• Publish the complete body of work for each product: headline findings through full data and analysis.
• Set the analytical plan per product; operate the toolchain; direct specialized work.
• Track the industry through conferences, papers, patents, and your network; apply it to every interpretation.
• Shape lab workflows, capabilities, and equipment purchases.

Skills

Semiconductor hardware understanding

Technical writing

Analytical reasoning

Sample preparation and imaging

Tools

FIB

SEM

TEM

EDS/EELS

X-ray

Job description

SemiAnalysis is the leading independent research firm in semiconductors and AI. The STEEL lab in Hillsboro, Oregon conducts teardown and characterization of advanced AI and datacenter hardware, from transistor level to packaging.

You will engage with industry experts and guide competitive analysis, design, and manufacturing decisions. This role spans all technical areas in the lab, welcoming all experience levels and valuing strong application knowledge over breadth.