Director of Failure Analysis
Company: Advanced Technology Search
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
Our client is a leading maker of RF Front End parts including
Integrated Circuit technology and Power Amplifiers for the
smartphone market. They are currently seeking a Director of Failure
Analysis who will specifically focus on Physical Failure Analysis.
The ideal candidate will have a BSEE (or better) and have 10 years
of management experience in the semiconductor industry. While we
need someone who is expert in physical FA, we also need someone who
understands electrical FA comprehending RF, Digital, and/or Analog
IC/Amplifier technology. Client will look at an array of different
technical backgrounds (i.e. semiconductors, defense/aerospace,
photonics, solar/PV) as long as there is a basic comprehension of
amplifier technology.Additionally, the candidate must be able to
offer new tool/equipment methodologies, as well as FA techniques
(FIB, TEM, STEM, AFB, CSAM, EDAX, SEM) vs. just knowing the basics
of how to use them. We also need someone who has a great
personality and will have a proactive vs. reactive attitude toward
problem-solving and team collaboration. This person must be able to
interface with relevant vendors, as well as handle 10 direct
reports. Candidate will also be occasionally communicating with
other international sites.Responsibilities
- Leads a team of highly technical failure analysis engineers to
resolve extremely complex failures where analysis of situations or
data requires an evaluation of multiple factors, which include
electrical data and physical failure signatures.
- Exercises judgment in developing and improving electrical and
physical failure analysis techniques and evaluation criteria for
obtaining results in an expedient and cost-effective manner.
Selects, justifies and buys state of the art equipment sets needed
to implement failure analysis techniques. Benchmarks current and
future industry trends in failure analysis techniques and keeps
development of techniques and methods in line with the benchmarks
and with the future technology roadmaps for wafer, packaging and
assembly processes.
- Responsible for training/educating failure analysis engineers
and technicians on new techniques and for cross training to
propagate best practices.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining thorough failure
analysis documentation.
- Makes decisions on administrative and operational matters of
failure analysis organization and ensures effective achievement of
operation's objectives including failure analysis cycle times,
accuracy and thoroughness leading to first pass success.
- Participates with other senior managers to establish strategic
plans and objectives.
- Ensures adherence to budgets and schedules to meet corporate
requirements.
- Makes decisions that have positive impact on overall success of
failure analysis organization.
- Regularly interacts with internal and external customers.
Interactions may involve controversial situations, negotiations, or
influencing and persuading other senior level managers.
- Demonstrates assertiveness leading to effective change
management, employee performance engagement. Interacts regularly
with the team soliciting inputs for efficiency improvements,
failure analysis techniques development and failure
resolution.Qualifications
- Minimum: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Master's degree or Ph.D. preferred
- Minimum 10 years of managerial experience in semiconductor
industry
- Highly technical individual with demonstrated expertise in
electrical and physical failure analysis for at least 10
years.
- Must have deep understanding of the following:
- Electrical circuits: Digital and analog circuits. Knowledge of
RF amplifiers preferred
- Semiconductor wafer processes: GaAs based HBT, CMOS, SOI CMOS,
SiGe BiCMOS
- Semiconductor packaging and assembly: LGA, BGA, multi-chip
modules
- Must be a good problem solver
- Must demonstrate good interpersonal skills
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Keywords: Advanced Technology Search, Glendale , Director of Failure Analysis, Executive , Los Angeles, California
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