Senior Silicon Photonics Td Reliability Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States +2

Senior Silicon Photonics TD Reliability Engineer at Intel, focusing on the reliability of silicon photonics technology and devices. Responsibilities include assessing reliability, optimizing processes, conducting experiments, developing new characterization techniques, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure quality and reliability throughout the development lifecycle. The role involves root cause analysis of failures and ensuring smooth transitions from development to high-volume manufacturing.

What you'd actually do

  1. Assess intrinsic and extrinsic reliability of photonic devices and photonic ICs post fabrication and in integrated products form-factors.
  2. Work on process changes to optimize reliability.
  3. Conduct DOEs to develop reliability models of the devices.
  4. Develop new reliability characterization and acceleration techniques, analytical tools, and quality screens as required.
  5. Determine requirements for both process certification and product qualification purposes.

Skills

Required

  • Photonics devices development
  • compound semiconductor processing
  • Photonic device physics
  • device characterization
  • yield
  • reliability
  • test/validation
  • process certification
  • product qualification
  • reliability risk assessment
  • statistics
  • data analysis
  • Excel
  • SAS
  • JMP
  • model-based problem solving

Nice to have

  • PhD in Physics, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering
  • quality systems
  • quality culture
  • Semiconductor device physics
  • defect mechanism knowledge
  • semiconductor manufacturing processes
  • manufacturing process development
  • material characterization and development
  • design validation
  • wafer fabrication process
  • process integration challenges
  • Reliability failure statistics
  • physics
  • failure mechanisms
  • failure analysis methodologies
  • SPC/DOE principles
  • DOEs execution
  • Data extraction
  • Crystal Ball
  • ILM
  • REL
  • PCS
  • SQL Scripting
  • 5 why's
  • 8D
  • Telcordia GR-468
  • AEC-Q102

What the JD emphasized

  • proven experience in Photonics devices development
  • hands-on compound semiconductor processing experience
  • relevant engineering experience in Photonics with device characterization, yield, reliability, or test/validation experience
  • experience in process certification/product qualification and reliability risk assessment
  • Knowledge of photonic datacom and telecom reliability qualification standards