Failure Analysis Engineer

Overview

Location: Newport Beach, CA, USA, 92660

Company: Tower Semiconductor Ltd.

Recruiting world class talent for a world class leader! Join Tower Semiconductor! Looking for a career path in the high tech manufacturing industry? Become part of a team focused on delivering the most exciting semiconductor technology to the world! If you enjoy working with others in a fast paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to grow your career in the high tech industry then Tower Semiconductor is the place to be!

Tower Semiconductor is a global specialty foundry leader! We specialize in manufacturing analog integrated circuits for more than 300 customers worldwide in growing markets such as automotive, medical, industrial, consumer and aerospace and defense, among others.

Our Failure Analysis (FA) team is responsible for investigating and identifying the root cause of failures and defects from internal semiconductor silicon wafers manufacturing to external customer returns through the close collaboration with manufacturing (fab), process engineering, integration and quality assurance teams to determine the failure mechanisms.

This position requires you to:

• Perform FA to localize and characterize the failures and defects with advanced tools and techniques to help engineering teams identify the root causes and find the solutions.
• Develop the test method for special FA cases and be able to interpret the test data to internal and external customers.
• Work hands-on with both Electrical and Physical FA techniques such as:

• Emission Microscopy (EMMI)
• OBIRCH (Optical Beam Induced Resistance Change)
• Bench Testing
• SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)
• FIB (Focused Ion Beam)
• De-processing

• Can work independently and "think out of the box"
• Have a lot of patience and look for findings and solutions

• B.Sc in Electrical Engineering or related field, preference to M.Sc
• Have knowledge in FA tools and methods. Experience and knowledge in electrical FA tests is preferred
• Familiar with Semiconductor devices and electrical circuits is a must

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Level 1 - 3: $74,000 - $116,000

Tower Semiconductor encourages inquiries from talent at all levels where pay will be based on experience

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