Senior Failure Analysis Engineer

Location: Burlington, ON. (On-Site)

Our Team

Semtech Corporation is a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and Cloud connectivity service provider dedicated to delivering high quality technology solutions that enable a smarter, more connected and sustainable planet. Our global teams are dedicated to empowering solution architects and application developers to develop breakthrough products for the infrastructure, industrial and consumer markets.

Responsibilities

• Performs die level and package level failure analysis of customer and internal failures by independently utilizing multiple FA tools and techniques with no supervision.
• Generate formal FA reports for customers and internal requestors to summarize and communicate the technical analysis results.
• Works and collaborates with various engineering teams such as QA &Reliability, Design, Applications, Wafer Fab, Assembly, Product and Test Engineering as appropriate, for root cause analysis and resolution of customer and internal issues.
• Participates in continuous FA technique development and process improvements, monitoring and maintenance of laboratory supplies and consumables, optimization and maintenance of laboratory tools and equipment.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics, Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
• 7+years experience in semiconductor Failure Analysis. Additional experience in the following engineering disciplines would be an advantage: Product Quality and Reliability, Test/Product Engineering, Design/Validation/Characterization, Applications, and Wafer Fab.
• Must have hands-on experience in operating the following FA equipment: Curve Tracer/Parametric Analyzer, Scanning Acoustic Microscope, SEM/EDX, Photon Emission/Laser Signal Injection Microscope, Microprober. Hands-on experience on FIB X-sectioning, Circuit Edit FIB, Nanoprobing/EBIC/EBAC techniques would be an advantage.
• Must have hands-on experience in performing the following physical FA steps: chemical decapsulation/deprocessing/staining, mechanical/parallel lapping, mechanical cross-sectioning/polishing/ion milling (optional).
• Proficient in electrical circuit analysis, bench testing and instrumentation.
• Knowledge in IC fabrication, semiconductor physics, BJT and MOSFET theories and basic circuit configurations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, teamwork and cross-functional team coordination.
• Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Must be willing to work in a laboratory environment with occasional flexible hours to meet urgent customer requests and expectations as necessary.
  
  

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