Principal Engineer-Yield Enhancement

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Job Description:

Semiconductor wafer fab device engineer with product and technology yield responsibility.  Determines cause of low yields at parametric and wafer sort test, introduces new products into production, supports product and process transfers, and continuously improves product yields and reliability.

Shift :1st

Responsibilities

• Works closely with wafer fab process engineering, product engineering, design engineering, and test engineering to understand issues/opportunities and drive yield improvement activities.
• Analyzes production and engineering data to identify and resolve product yield issues.
• Designs, coordinates, and analyzes IC manufacturing process experiments to improve product yields and performance.
• Evaluates the parametric and product impact of process experiments.
• Uses evaluation equipment such as manual probe stations, parametric evaluation equipment, bit mappers, and microscopes to collect engineering data, perform failure analysis, and detect circuit and/or fabrication problems causing failures.
• Dispositions maverick material at parametric test and wafer sort.
• Owns responsibility for product/technology including maintenance of yield limits, process change control, new product introduction and yield improvements.
• Supports the introduction of new products and process flows into the fab and parametric test area through the creation, review, and implementation of necessary supporting specifications and process routes and flows.  This may involve supporting transfers from other facilities.

• Plans and completes various technical projects.
• Communicates regularly with management and other functional groups within Microchip to ensure understanding of needs/problems in relation to the Yield Engineering function.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Microelectronics or a related field with 10 or more years of relevant experience in semiconductor yield analysis and enhancement, defect and excursion reduction, process and product correlation, data analytics, root-cause investigation, corrective action, production learning, and continuous improvement.

• Knowledge of basic semiconductor device physics and electronics, including transistor characteristics.
• Understanding of basic digital and analog circuits, their components and how they are characterized.
• Overall knowledge of the integrated circuit wafer fab manufacturing process.
• Familiarity with test equipment such as semiconductor parameter analyzers, power supplies, multimeters, generators, oscilloscopes, curve tracers, etc.
• Knowledge of basic statistical functions and SPC, including concept of normal distributions and Cpk’s, analysis of variance, and correlation techniques.
• Ability to effectively present information to management and employees, both written and orally.
• Understanding of mathematical concepts such as probability, fundamentals of geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus.
• Ability to effectively solve problems and help drive improvement activities.  Will need to define problems/issues, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Microelectronics, or a related field.
• Relevant professional certification where job-related and approved.

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Bending at Waist, Bending at Waist, Carrying, Climbing, Crouching, Dust or gases, Electrical Hazards, Feeling, Foot Controls, Fumes or Odors, Handling, Hearing, Kneeling, Lifting, Mechanical Hazards, Noise and/or vibration, Piece Work, Poor Ventilation, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Seeing, Slippery surfaces, Stooping, Talking {+ 1 more}

Physical Requirements:

Able to lift, push, pull approx. 50 lbs; carry 50 lbs; sit 5%; stand 60%; walk 35%

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $85-140k.*Application window will remain open until qualified candidates have been identified.

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