Failure Analysis Engineer Job in Hillsboro, Oregon US
Failure Analysis Engineer
Failure Analysis Engineer Quality Reliability | Hillsboro, OR, United States Job Summary: Conducts hands-on failure analysis activities of a semiconductor manufacturer. Perform failure analysis to determine failure root-causes on yield fall-out, aging environmental stress failures, and customer returns. Perform DC electrical testing, circuit analysis/trouble shooting, fault isolation, micro-probing, deprocessing, material analysis and failure duplication. Plan, schedule conduct the analysis from start to finish. Document and maintain analysis information and results and complete analysis reports. Will work with circuit design, product, process, test engineers throughout the company. Will also interface with customers and suppliers. Understand product functions, product circuits, device structure and fab processes. Drive quality improvement and provide corrective action recommendations. Plan, schedule, coordinate, conduct detailed phases of failure mechanism investigations. Interface with outside service and analytical laboratories. Farm-out capital intensive tasks. Train others in physics of failure, analytical techniques, and analysis methodology. Benchmark failure analysis methods, systems, and operations at other semiconductor manufacturers. Act as a facilitator of continuous improvement, working on proactive and preventative changes. Job Qualifications: B.S./M.S. preferred - in an engineering, solid state physics, chemistry, material science discipline. Familiarity of semiconductor fabrication, inspection, assembly, and test methods desirable. Knowledge of semiconductor processing and analysis equipment is desirable. Handling of semiconductor wafers, using microscopes, probe stations, and test equipment is desirable. Experience with curve tracing and/or parametric test programming languages is preferred. Excellent analytical skills and good written and verbal communications skills necessary. Strong Personal Computing skills needed: Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access experience would be a plus. Versatility and ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently is expected. Ability to work independently as a self-starter with flexibility to adjust to changing priorities. Must have a strong desire for hands-on work in a lab environment. Act as a facilitator of continuous improvement, working on proactive and preventative changes. Work Environment : This position may be required to work an off-shift or the second shift depending on the experience of the candidate selected. May require significant hours in a cleanroom environment and work with noisy environmental test chambers. Will require some deprocessing and decapsulation of semiconductor products using chemicals and gases. Some travel to visit customers, interface with subcontractors, and audit suppliers is possible.