Electrical Silicon Failure Analysis Engineer

Role:
Electrical Silicon Failure Analysis Engineer

Location:

Austin, TX (5x/ week onsite)

Duration: 6 months

• Perform day-to-day device-level and system-level failure analysis (FA).
• Conduct electrical fault isolation using multiple FA tools and techniques.
• Perform silicon-level and board-level fault isolation and debugging.
• Analyze IC devices and module-level failures.

• Produce detailed technical reports documenting failure analysis findings.
• Communicate findings clearly to engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Provide root cause analysis with corrective action recommendations.

• Evaluate, maintain, and improve FA equipment and methodologies.
• Support the introduction of new failure analysis tools and techniques.
• Ensure proper sample preparation and lab best practices.

• BSEE with 5+ years of experience

• Equivalent degree in Engineering or Physics with proven track record in IC and module-level failure analysis.

• Hands-on proficiency in:
• Physical Failure Analysis (PFA)
• Electrical Failure Analysis (EFA) at silicon level
• Strong experience in board-level failure analysis.
• Proven experience performing failure analysis on IC devices.

Experience working with the following FA tools and techniques:

• LIT (Lock-in Thermography)
• TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry)
• FIB (Focused Ion Beam)
• RIE (Reactive Ion Etching)
• CMP (Chemical Mechanical Planarization)
• MIP
• Emission Microscopy
• Laser Scan Microscopy
• Micro-probing
• Nano-probing

• Experience using multiple FA tools and techniques across different failure scenarios.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent technical writing skills.
• Strong verbal communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.