Staff Reliability Engineer

Post Date

Aug 03, 2023

Location

Austin,
Texas

ZIP/Postal Code

78754
US
Aug 08, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Perm

Category

Mechanical Engineering

Req #

AXS-641594

Pay Rate

$60k - $100k (estimate)

Job Description

Our Semiconductor client is looking for an experienced FEOL staff reliability engineer with strong technical expertise, who can drive all phases of reliability engineering for advanced CMOS technology nodes. They will provide technical leadership to direct a team of highly skilled FEOL reliability engineers for reliability improvement activities. Identify, plan, and execute reliability evaluations for new technology development, technology qualification, process changes and abnormal events. Identify concerning items for product reliability and drive improvement actions with both local and overseas operations. Manage solutions to integration problems working across several departments (Diffusion, Cleans, Metals, Integration, Device, Product Test, etc) to improve reliability. Design, execute, and analyze designed experiments to improve semiconductor fabrication processes. Utilize lessons learned to improve reliability margin; define new process integration for new technology nodes. Utilize statistical tools and reliability models to extract lifetime from time to fail data. Represent client technology leadership by authoring papers for symposiums & journals and leadership roles at external conferences. Navigate both the industrial and academic landscape in order to be a knowledge center of device integration and technology development for reliability.

Required Skills & Experience

* MS, PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics

* 8+ years of experience with semiconductor product reliability

* Hands-on experience of FEOL reliability mechanisms (BTI, HCI, TDDB, etc)

* understanding of device physics for FEOL reliability

Knowledge of SiO2/Poly-Si and High-k/metal gate integration schemes for Planar/FinFET technology

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Previous SAS experience

- Previous Military experience

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.