Staff Reliability Engineer – Semiconductors

Samsung Electronics America; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 131,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) matching

Onsite facilities

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Samsung Austin Semiconductor seeks a Staff Reliability Engineer to lead reliability for NTI and NPI, collaborating with internal teams, Korea HQ, customers, and the Fab to ensure smooth transitions to mass production.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this role drives all phases of reliability engineering for advanced CMOS nodes, applying BEOL degradation knowledge and lifetime models while shaping technology development and publications.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical or Materials Engineering preferred.
• 10+ years of related experience in semiconductor reliability engineering.
• Hands-on BEOL WLR (TDDB, EM, SM, TC) and BEOL-related reliability knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to direct a team for reliability improvement activities.
• Identify, plan, and execute reliability evaluations for NTI/NPI, technology qualification, process changes and abnormal events.
• Identify concerning items for product reliability and drive improvement actions with both local and overseas operations.
• Manage solutions to integration problems across Fab, PIE, Device, Product Test and more to improve reliability.
• Design, execute, and analyze designed experiments to improve semiconductor fabrication processes.
• Utilize lessons learned to improve reliability margin and define new process integration for new technology nodes.
• Utilize statistical tools and reliability models to extract lifetime from time to fail data.
• Represent Samsung technology leadership by authoring papers for symposiums & journals and leadership roles at external conferences.
• Navigate industrial and academic landscapes to be a knowledge center of device integration and technology development for reliability.
• Plus for strong understanding of Semiconductor BEOL Reliability Degradation Mechanisms.

Skills

Reliability engineering

BEOL WLR

NTI/NPI knowledge

Education

MS, PhD in Engineering (preferred Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering)

Job description

Samsung Austin Semiconductor seeks a Staff Reliability Engineer to lead reliability for NTI and NPI, collaborating with internal teams, Korea HQ, customers, and the Fab to ensure smooth transitions to mass production.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this role drives all phases of reliability engineering for advanced CMOS nodes, applying BEOL degradation knowledge and lifetime models while shaping technology development and publications.