Staff Reliability Engineer, Semiconductors & BEOL Innovation

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United States

On-site

USD 131,000 - 175,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Samsung Austin Semiconductor seeks a Staff Reliability Engineer to oversee reliability for NTI and NPI. You will collaborate with internal teams, Korea HQ, external customers, and the Fab to ensure a smooth transition from NTI/NPI to mass production.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will drive all phases of reliability engineering for advanced CMOS technology nodes. The role requires MS or PhD in Engineering and 10+ years in semiconductor reliability, with BEOL WLR/TLDM experience.

Qualifications

MS or PhD in Engineering (preferred Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering)
10+ years of related experience in Semiconductor reliability engineering
Hands-on experience with Reliability Degradation Mechanisms in BEOL WLR (TDDB, EM, SM, TC) and possibly FEOL WLR

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership to a team for reliability improvement activities.
Identify, plan, and execute reliability evaluations for NTI/NPI, technology qualification, process changes and abnormal events.
Identify concerns for product reliability and drive improvement actions with local and overseas operations.
Manage solutions to integration problems across Fab, PIE, Device, Product Test, etc.
Design, execute, and analyze designed experiments to improve fabrication processes.
Utilize lessons learned to improve reliability margins and define new process integration for new tech nodes.
Use statistical tools and reliability models to extract lifetime from time-to-fail data.
Represent Samsung by authoring papers and leading external conference participation.