Foundry Development Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Hsinchu, Taiwan

NVIDIA is seeking a Foundry Development Engineer to lead the ramp-up of high-volume products using advanced CMOS logic technologies, focusing on achieving full entitlement for product performance, power efficiency, yield, and reliability/quality. The role involves in-depth data analysis, collaboration with cross-functional teams and foundry suppliers, and ensuring high production quality control.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead foundry engineering activities to drive product performance, power efficiency, yield, and reliability/quality to full entitlement
  2. Conduct in-depth analysis of product performance, power efficiency, yield, and reliability/quality data, correlating it with fab tools, processes, and WAT to identify limiting factors
  3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand product performance, power efficiency, yield, and reliability/quality requirements and limiting factors
  4. Facilitate effective communication and manage engineering resources between NVIDIA and foundry suppliers
  5. Ensure high production quality control through inline monitoring, SPC review, DPPM reduction, and investigation of customer returns

Skills

Required

  • BS in EE, Physics, Materials Science, or related degree
  • 5+ years of proven experience in semiconductor wafer manufacturing
  • Deep data analytical skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Communication skills
  • Managerial skills
  • Excellent understanding of semiconductor products
  • Excellent understanding of test methods
  • Excellent understanding of statistics
  • Excellent understanding of data analysis
  • Solid grasp of deep-sub micron device physics
  • Solid grasp of advanced processes
  • Able to organize and coordinate multi-discipline projects in timely
  • Direct working experience with silicon foundries

Nice to have

  • MS or PhD preferred
  • MS/PhD in EE, Physics, or Material Science, or related degree
  • Proficiency in data analysis with large datasets
  • Scripting language skills such as JSL, Python
  • Expertise in JMP, Tableau, Yield Explorer, Yield Insights, Exensio, or related

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of proven experience in semiconductor wafer manufacturing
  • Deep data analytical, problem-solving, communication, and managerial skills
  • Excellent understanding of semiconductor products, test methods, statistics, and data analysis
  • Solid grasp of deep-sub micron device physics and advanced processes
  • Direct working experience with silicon foundries