FAILURE ANALYSIS ENGINEER

Experience Level: Individual Contributor
Job Type: Full-Time
Location:OR - Hillsboro, US
Requisition ID: 7775
Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO) supplies innovative semiconductor solutions that make a better world possible. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers’ most complex technical challenges. Qorvo serves diverse high-growth segments of large global markets, including consumer electronics, smart home/IoT, automotive, EVs, battery-powered appliances, network infrastructure, healthcare and aerospace/defense. Visit www.qorvo.com to learn how our diverse and innovative team is helping connect, protect and power our planet.

SUMMARY:

Perform failure analysis to determine failure root-causes on yield fall-out, aging & environmental stress failures, and customer returns.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• B.S./M.S. preferred - in electrical engineering, solid state physics, chemistry or material science discipline.
• 3 – 5 years’ experience in semiconductor yield or failure analysis desirable.
• 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 may require significant hours in a cleanroom environment and work with noisy environmental test chambers. Will require some de-processing and decapsulation of semiconductor products using chemicals and gases. Some travel to visit customers, interface with subcontractors, and audit suppliers is possible.
  

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• Conducts hands-on failure analysis activities of a semiconductor manufacturer.
• Perform DC electrical testing, circuit analysis/trouble shooting, fault isolation, micro-probing, de-processing, 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.