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Principal IC Reliability Engineer

📍 San Jose, CA 💰 125,000 – 165,000 USD / yr 🕒
Work Model
📍 San Jose, CA
Employment
💼 Full-Time Direct
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📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities

The Opportunity

We're looking for the Wavemakers of tomorrow.

Alphawave Semi enables tomorrow’s future by accelerating the critical data communication at the heart of our digital world – from seamless video streaming to AI to the metaverse and much more. Our technology powers product innovation in the most data-demanding industries today, including data centers, networking, storage, artificial intelligence, 5G wireless infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles. Customers partner with us for mission-critical data communication, our innovative technologies, and our proven track record. Together, we enable the next generation of digital technology.

Principal IC Reliability Engineer

We are looking for a self-driven and hands-on Reliability engineer with strong technical experience who applies reliability models to testing and qualification of advanced CMOS ASIC devices to meet top tier customer specifications. You will have experience in developing organizational quality and reliability procedures and specifications for IC device design and test.

What You Will Do

Define test plans for die and component level reliability testing for advanced ICs and packages that will meet customer reliability requirements by working collaboratively with customer and internal engineering teams (design, test, package, product).Apply quality and reliability tools and methodologies and drive improvement with internal stakeholders (design, testing, and validation) and external stakeholders (OSATS).Issue IC and package qualification reports.Perform Die and Component Failure Analysis to determine root cause.Design experiments to identify the root cause of failures and improve KGD and IC yields.Determine reliability acceleration testing factors and reliability metrics by working closely with OSATS and customers.Support NPI deliverables for production release including characterization, reliability testing, and customer reporting.Work closely with design, DFT, and test engineering and use your knowledge of MBIST, fault models, and test metods, to develop plans and methods to meet customers' reliability and quality requirements.Work with design, package, test and product engineering teams on die and component failure analysis using failure analysis techniques to determine root cause.

What You'll Need:

BS, MS, or PhD in Physics, Material Science with 10 years of relevant industry experience.Hands on experience on qualification of FinFet process, KGD, IC component, and IC package reliability standards from JEDEC & AEC including wafer level reliability.Knowledge of time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB), hot carrier injection (HCI), electromigration (EM), Bias temperature instability (BTI), stress migration (SM).Strong statistical data analysis and problem-solving skills.Experience in customer facing rolesExperience with 2.5D Devices and KGD testing and qualification is a plus.Knowledge of DFT architecture, MBIST, fault analysis, fault models, and fault detection methods.

Salary And Benefits

We offer great compensation packages, including a salary that aligns with each candidate's skills and experience. Your contribution will be recognized with a base salary within the range of $125,000 to $165,000 annually, with the exact compensation within this range to be determined based on a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience and location.

In addition, as part of our commitment to the well-being and satisfaction of our employees, we have designed a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

Health InsuranceRetirement SavingsPaid time off

"Hybrid work environment"

As part of our commitment to the well-being and satisfaction of our employees, we have designed a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

Health Insurance

Retirement Savings

Paid time off

Diversity & Inclusivity

Alphawave Semi is based out of one of the most diverse countries in the world. This includes differences related to race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender expression and presentation, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability and socioeconomic status. To us, diversity is one our strongest assets to our organization. We commit ourselves to promoting the recognition and appreciation of our diverse and rich culture. We believe that it is critical to our success to promote freedom of thought and opinion in a respectful environment. The decisions we make are rooted by respectfully considering each other’s thoughts and opinions and by working towards a greater common goal.

Accommodation

Alphawave Semi is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including visible minorities, Indigenous People, and persons with disabilities. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. If as a qualified job applicant, you request accommodation, Alphawave Semi will consult with you to provide reasonable accommodations according to your specific needs. If you wish to make a request, you will be provided an opportunity if you’re applications is selected to proceed in our hiring process.

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