Staff Engineer, Failure Analysis Engineering

About the role

Analog Devices, a global semiconductor company, is hiring a Staff Engineer for its Failure Analysis Engineering team. The role investigates why products fail and why yields drop, works with design, application, process, product and package engineering to find root causes and propose fixes, and mentors young engineers. The position is full-time, first shift, days, with no travel required.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze the root cause of RMA returns and investigate the cause of new product failures.
• Determine the cause of yield excursions.
• Work with Design, Application, process, product and package engineering to identify failure root causes and propose corrective actions.
• Write technical reports with failure analysis findings and share them with the team.
• Meet ADI's failure analysis cycle time and quality commitments.
• Develop new techniques for analyzing failures.
• Take ownership of a piece of failure analysis equipment and keep it running.
• Mentor young engineers in the group.

Required profile

• Engineering, Physics or Science degree with a semiconductor emphasis.
• BS plus 7 years or MS plus 5 years of experience.
• Experience in Failure Analysis, Product, Design, Application, Fab Process or Test Engineering.
• Strong understanding of analog and mixed-signal circuit analysis and of diode and transistor device physics.
• Ability to read schematics and layout.
• Good English oral and written communication skills and good troubleshooting skills.
• Fab and/or assembly process experience is a plus; chemistry lab experience is a plus.

Required skills

• Failure analysis tools and techniques: optical microscopy, X-ray, EMMI, OBIRCH, ELITE and microprobing.
• Electrical bench equipment: curve tracer, voltage sources, current loads, oscilloscopes, source meters, function generators.
• Understanding of FIB operation, parallel lapping, chemical deprocessing and other physical failure analysis activities.

What we offer

• Expected wage range of $130,168 to $188,490 for a new hire, with possible variation.
• Discretionary performance-based bonus.
• Medical, vision and dental coverage, 401k, paid vacation, holidays and sick time.