About the role

AI summarised

The Sr. Engineer, Yield Defect Density at GlobalFoundries is responsible for identifying, resolving, and improving process integration and yield issues. This role involves project management, data analysis, developing custom processes, supporting new designs through module characterization, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to reduce defects and improve yield. The engineer will also develop test structures, drive continuous improvement plans, build defect source libraries, and ensure processes are well documented with failure mode assessments.

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Key Responsibilities

Identify, resolve, and improve process integration and yield issues and related problems
Perform project management and data analysis
Identify and resolve process integration issues and related problems
Develop custom or derivative processes to meet customer needs
Support new designs with module characterization and design rule development
Work with cross function teams to reduce defect activities and resolve technical & yield concerns
Develop and improve test structures that enable fast and rigorous characterization of process
Drive CIP (Continuous improvement plans) to deliver organizational goals
Build and develop defect source library and tool's defect source fingerprinting
Perform product/process partitioning study for yield & defect characterization to drive defect improvements
Ensure that processes are well documented, failure modes are assessed and have mitigation and detection in place
Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements

Requirements

Fundamental knowledge in one specialized discipline
Requires a technical (University) degree
BS + 2-4 years of experience or MS + 1-3 years or PhD + 0-1 year
Mastery of some aspects of a technical discipline
Initiative and creativity exercised within limits defined by job scope
Uses standard engineering methods to analyze and resolve problems
Works on projects, assignments and problems of moderate scope
Coaches students
Participates in teams
Directed contact at engineering level