Sort & Test Quality Engineer: Reliability & HVM Expert

Intel Corporation; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Stock bonuses

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Intel Corporation in Oregon seeks a Sort/Test Quality & Reliability Engineer to lead quality readiness for tester hardware and test processes across semiconductor development and high-volume manufacturing.

You will drive risk prevention, qualification rigor, and disciplined transfer to ATM factories while partnering with Test Development, Product Engineering, Manufacturing QnR, ATM, factories, suppliers, and ODM partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of relevant experience, OR Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience, OR PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience in test process development, HVM factory operations, semiconductor manufacturing, product test methodology and standards, die preparation, SORT/SDx, hardware development, reliability engineering, failure analysis, or process certification.
• Strong statistical, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical risk into clear actions and decisions.

Responsibilities

• Test Process Definition and Certification: Lead pathfinding, test process development, qualification, certification, and HVM ramp across products, architectures, Sort, and back-end test.
• QnR Requirements and Risk Prevention: Define requirements, readiness criteria, acceptance plans, FMEA, and mitigation closure for tester platforms, modules, interface hardware, burn-in, wafer/die sort, metrology, and supplier hardware.
• Qualification Strategy: Lead Installation Qualification, Module Operational Qualification, Measurement System Analysis, HVM and Transfer Qualification, Reliability Validation, Change Qualification, and production release reviews.
• Module Manufacturing Qualification: Ensure test processes achieve quality, yield, miscorrelation, gain, capability, stability, cost, and customer-risk objectives before transfer and during ramp.
• Technology Transfer and Factory Support: Enable successful and timely transfer to ATM factories; provide effective IPG QRE support for engineering, qualification, pilot, and revenue production.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Analytical thinking

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree in engineering

PhD in related technical field

Tools

JMP/JSL

SQL

Statistical modelling

Process capability

Predictive monitoring

Job description

Intel Corporation in Oregon seeks a Sort/Test Quality & Reliability Engineer to lead quality readiness for tester hardware and test processes across semiconductor development and high-volume manufacturing.

You will drive risk prevention, qualification rigor, and disciplined transfer to ATM factories while partnering with Test Development, Product Engineering, Manufacturing QnR, ATM, factories, suppliers, and ODM partners.