Staff Device Development Engineer

Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance and 401(k) matching

Onsite café(s) and workout facilities

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Samsung Austin Semiconductor seeks an engineer to lead critical initiatives within the New Technology Bridge Device Integration team. You will optimize transistor performance and set targeting strategies to ensure industry-leading yield, reliability, and manufacturability for the 14nm derivative generation.

Ideal candidates have device physics understanding across Fin/PC, SD, RMG/MOL, BEOL, and collaborate with Module Integration and Process Architecture teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of semiconductor industry experience
• Understanding of transistor performance and targeting strategies
• Experience with electrical test and device characterization
• Knowledge of process interactions and metrology
• DOE and SPC analysis skills using JMP or Spotfire

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to optimize transistor performance and targeting conditions
• Analyze process interactions to ET impact and parametric yield
• Own parametric yield, WAT, and model-to-hardware correlation for accounts/products
• Design and execute experiments to improve yield and reliability
• Drive cross-functional teams to resolve yield, performance, or reliability issues
• Support unit processes and integration teams in evaluating device impact

Skills

Semiconductor experience

Electrical test

Data mining

DOE & SPC

Education

Bachelor’s in Engineering

Master’s or PhD a plus

Tools

SPICE modeling

MHC debugging

Job description

About Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Samsung is a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, founded on the belief that the pursuit of excellence creates a better world. At Samsung Austin Semiconductor, we are Innovating Today to Power the Devices of Tomorrow. Come innovate with us!

Position Summary

SAS is looking for a highly driven and technically accomplished engineer to lead critical initiatives within the New Technology Bridge Device Integration team. This is a high-impact role responsible for the optimization of transistor performance and the definition of targeting strategies to ensure industry-leading yield, reliability, and manufacturability for the 14nm derivative generation. The ideal candidate would have Device physics interaction understanding across all modules – Fin/PC, SD, RMG/MOL, BEOL – in order to work closely with Module Integration and Process Architecture teams to develop ideal Transistor performance and targeting conditions on next generation technologies.

Role and Responsibilities

Here’s What You’ll Be Responsible For:

• Ensure targeting of transistor focused Electrical Test (ET) trends to Customer/Product Specifications and perform timely root cause study to shifts or abnormality.
• Analyze process interactions (inline metrology, FDC, etc.) to ET while also understanding ET data effect on Parametric Yield.
• Owns parametric yield, wafer acceptance electrical Test (WAT), model to hardware correlation (MHC) management for one or more customer accounts/products.
• Design, execute, and analyze experiments to optimize transistor performance/variation with end goal of meeting design requirements while improving parametric yield and ensuring a reliable and manufacturable product.
• Drive Task Force Teams to solve systematic yield, performance, or reliability issues.
• Support unit process (ex: CMP, Etch, etc) or process integration team with evaluation of device impact for key change points.

Skills and Qualifications

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's of Science or Engineering (Electrical, Computer, Material Science, or related areas) required.
• Masters or PhD is a plus.
• 7+ years of semiconductor industry experience is required; 10+ years of experience is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with technology, process & qualification development milestones in order to meet customer and industry specifications.
• Understanding of the interactions between process and Electrical test.
• Knowledge of process flow.
• Familiarity with unit processes including thin films deposition, etch, diffusion, wet process, CMP, Photolithography, etc.
• Analysis skills, including electrical device characterization, yield analysis, data mining, DOE, and SPC using JMP or Spotfire.
• SPICE modeling/simulation, MHC, PDK update experience.

Total Rewards

At Samsung Austin Semiconductor, base pay is just one part of our total compensation package. The base compensation for this role will depend on education, experience, skills, and location.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance and 401(k) matching with immediate vesting
• Onsite café(s) and workout facilities
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Paid time off (PTO) + 2 personal holidays and 10 regular holidays
• Wellness incentives and MORE
• Eligible full-time employees (salaried or hourly) may also receive MBO bonuses based on company, division, and individual performance.

All positions at Samsung Austin Semiconductor are full-time on-site.

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