Electrical Failure Analysis Engineer

We are looking for a skilled, creative and highly motivated Electrical Failure Analysis Engineer to join the electro-optical FA team for our lab in Hsinchu.

Whatyou'llbedoing:

• Main job will be to perform electro-optical failure analysis including Photon-Emission, Laser-Voltage-Probing and Soft-Defect-Localization (aka SDL, LADA...) to support product development, design-debug, yield-ramp, reliability and customer return analysis of advanced flip chip devices manufactured in the most advanced CMOS technology.

• The work requires in-depth understanding of scan-chain based logical test. Based on production test results (e.g. error-logs, flop mapping and SW-diagnosis) you will narrow down the logically failing area with the goal of locating the one failing FET or cell out of the whole chip.

• Most analyses will require you to setup test-loops within our Advantest 93k tester SW, which is becoming increasingly complicated due to test-compression. Additionally, you will use CAD layout tools for in-chip navigation and circuit simulation tools to aid your analysis. The goal is that our EFA results enable different Physical FA teams local and abroad to find the actual physical root-cause. Based on our work and the resulting PFA findings, our Foundry partners can improve their process technology and increase our product yield and reliability.

• Design-debug and more complicated defect localizations will often require you working in multi-functional teams (e.g. with Design for Test, Test-Engineers and Product-Engineers, sometimes around the globe..) including presenting & explaining your results. To guide such team and PFA efforts you will need deep understanding of transistor physics, the CMOS fabrication processes and PFA tools/techniques such as SEM, TEM, FIB & AFM.

Whatweneedtosee:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• 3+ years of practical experience.

• Basic Unix skills because our 93k tester environment, the CAD and circuit simulation tools.

• Deep understanding of modern DFT for large-scale logical test (scan-chain based structural and at-speed testing and basics of test compression).

• Experience working in a lab, setting up and debugging test environments. / Functional knowledge of transistor device physics & advanced CMOS manufacturing processes. / Test bring-up in the Advantest 93k test environment.

• Knowledge of CAD layout tools, t-max circuit analysis and Unix operating system. / Software languages that may be of use include PERL, TCL, C++, STYLE.

• Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to lead and organize projects are critical.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the most desirable employers in the world. We have some of the most brilliant and talented people in the world working for us. If you are creative, autonomous and love a challenge, we want to hear from you. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.