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Applied Materials

Failure Analysis and Reliability engineer

Applied Materials
Equipment EngineeringSingapore,SGPFull-time2 months ago
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About the role

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Failure Analysis and Reliability Engineer at Applied Materials, a global leader in semiconductor equipment. The role involves performing failure analysis and reliability tests, developing new analysis capabilities, maintaining lab tools, and supporting audits. Requires a degree in engineering and at least 3 years of experience in semiconductor reliability and FA.

EquipmentFull-timeQuality

Key Responsibilities

  • Support and perform Analysis / Reliability jobs requested by stakeholders for qualification / evaluation / process reject / RMAs; and provide the results to the making of final reports.
  • Advise problem-solving team or cross-functional teams on appropriate analysis techniques to employ in order to establish an understanding of the cause/failure mechanism.
  • Provide machine readiness and perform buyoff for new tools and capacity ramp-up.
  • Develop new analysis capabilities/techniques to enhance detection capability or productivity or optimize recipes.
  • Drive improvement activities such as robustness and cycle time improvement as well as cost reduction activities.
  • Conduct FA staff training on FA techniques and procedures.
  • Maintain FA tools and lab environment to meet the 5S and safety requirement.
  • Support audits and follow up all the action items captured by auditors.
  • Assist Finance and sale team to generate FA service quotations for customer FA requirements.
  • Work with IT team to setup system for submissions of new FA request and report uploading.
  • Schedule and Support Reliability Test Request requested by stakeholders.
  • Establish recipes for reliability tools and procedures for various reliability test and work with vendors for proper jig/carrier designs if required.

Requirements

  • Degree in Material/Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
  • Minimum 3 years' Reliability Test and FA experience in the semiconductor/photonic industry.
  • Have a good understanding and Knowledge of Reliability Environmental Stress Test Requirement, including HTHH, TC, UV & LT test.
  • Have a good understanding and application of FA techniques such as cross-section, ion-mill, CSAM, EDX, FTIR, FIB etc.
  • Have a good understanding and application of Material characterisation procedures such as including Bend, Abrasion & Adhesion test.
  • Knowledge of materials physics & able to associate the relevance of REL & FA test.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and team approach to problem-solving.
  • Self-directed and able to meet commitments.