Staff Failure Analysis Engineer IC

Staff Failure Analysis Engineer - Penang Job Description We are seeking an experienced Staff Failure Analysis Engineer with deep technical expertise in wafer fabrication processes and hands‑on experience working directly with foundries and front‑end manufacturing partners. This role is critical to ensuring our semiconductor products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance. The ideal candidate brings strong process knowledge across FEOL and BEOL modules, a proven ability to collaborate with supplier engineering teams, and a passion for driving proactive, data‑driven continuous improvement across a global wafer supply base.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Supplier Quality Leadership

• Serve as the primary technical quality interface to wafer fabs and foundry partners, ensuring alignment on quality expectations, process capability, and long‑term improvement plans.
• Develop and execute supplier quality strategies that strengthen front‑end manufacturing performance and reduce risk across the supply chain.
• Influence supplier leadership and internal stakeholders to prioritize quality, reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Wafer Fab Process Oversight

• Provide deep technical oversight of wafer fabrication processes, including lithography, etch, deposition, CMP, implant, diffusion, and BEOL metallization.
• Assess supplier process capability, SPC control, equipment stability, and defect management systems to ensure robust, scalable manufacturing.
• Review and approve process documentation, control plans, PFMEAs, and manufacturing specifications.

Yield, Defect, and Excursion Management

• Lead complex problem‑solving efforts for systemic supplier issues, excursions, and customer‑impacting defects.
• Drive rigorous root cause analysis and ensure durable corrective and preventive actions are implemented and verified.

Supplier Audits & Development

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