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About the role
This role will require high level of collaboration and interaction with Product Test Engineering, Design Engineering, Quality Engineering, Assembly Engineering and Foundry Engineering teams. The successful candidate must be able to work well within a team and have excellent communication and organizational skills with customers and vendors. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related required. Master's degree preferred
- 8+ years of experience in semiconductor failure analysis field
- Previous background writing and executing FA plans and interpret results from FA techniques such as cross section, X-ray, CSAM, TDR, FIB, SEM, and TEM, IR/EMMI/OBIRCH
- Validated ability to specify hardware and implement set up for dynamic FA using SIL (Solid Immersion Lens) and LSM (Laser Scanning Microscopy)
- Prior experience of fault isolation techniques using ATE, Scan/ATPG, MBIST to identify, isolate and characterize device-level faults
More about this role
The application window is expected to close on: 11/05/2026
This is an hybrid position with approximately 3+ days in office in San Jose, California, United States.
As a Failure Analysis Engineer, you will be part of the Quality and Reliability group, performing failure analysis of ASIC products. Should have a passion for problem solving and a strong technical background in semiconductor failure analysis techniques and root cause analysis.
This role will require high level of collaboration and interaction with Product Test Engineering, Design Engineering, Quality Engineering, Assembly Engineering and Foundry Engineering teams. The successful candidate must be able to work well within a team and have excellent communication and organizational skills with customers and vendors. Experience with a variety of semiconductor failure analysis techniques and test equipment is required, along with the ability to interpret results and provide clear guidance on causes of failure. Responsibilities include:
- Conduct root cause failure analysis of silicon product reliability test and field failures and propose corrective actions.
- Develop and implement standard processes for failure analysis...
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