Quality & Reliability Engineer, Annapurna Labs USA

1) B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering, applied physics or related fields.
2) Hands on working experience on the HTOL die qualification, including the BIB design, test condition setups and pattern generation, failure disposition etc.
3) 5+ years of working experience on Si device quality and reliability.
4) Knowledge and experience in the Q&R fundamentals, data analysis and statistics fundamentals, Si device failure modes, VLSI IC design, Fab/assembly manufacturing, RMA, wafer and device testing and failure analysis.
One or more of the below is an advantage:
- Familiar with semiconductor industry production flows
- Deep knowledge in semiconductor device physics, PCBA design, manufacturing quality control.
- Experience working with OSAT, JDM and ODM.


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AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. Additionally, this role may involve exposure to and experience with Amazon's growing suite of generative AI services and other cutting-edge cloud computing offerings across the AWS portfolio.

Annapurna Labs (our organization within AWS UC) designs silicon and software that accelerates innovation. Customers choose us to create cloud solutions that solve challenges that were unimaginable a short time ago—even yesterday. Our custom chips, accelerators, and software stacks enable us to take on technical challenges that have never been seen before, and deliver results that help our customers change the world.

Annapurna Labs, is looking for a Q&R Engineer.
As an IC Quality and Reliability Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring Annapurna Labs' semiconductor products meet customer demands. Your responsibilities will include establishing Design-for-Quality and Reliability (DFQR) during product design, developing reliability validation (RV) plans and DOEs, conducting product qualification and RV, performing failure analysis (FA), and executing reliability modeling, analysis, and reporting.
In this role you will be completely exposed to the semi-conductor production flow of all Annapurna Labs products, semi-conductor testing methodologies and FAB process yield improvement activity.

Key job responsibilities
1) Lead DFQR and DFT activities and conduct risk assessment during the product design stage.
2) Develop and execute product Q&R qualification plans, including HTOL, LU and ESD.
3) Drive manufacturing vendors for the quality control and improvement, and to dispose the non-conforming materials due to manufacturing excursions.
4) Work closely with the product and test teams for the FT test improvement
5) Drive device RMA process, FA, disposition, reporting and improvement.

A day in the life
Work closely with the vendors, internal design, hard ware and testing teams and the external labs to identify and close the quality and reliability gaps of our products.

About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

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