Failure Analysis Engineer

Location: Bayan Lepas, Penang, my

Job Description

Responsible for performing failure analysis on semiconductor devices related to assembly processes. Identify root causes of electrical and physical failures, support yield improvement, and drive improvement to enhance product quality, reliability and customer satisfaction.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Perform electrical and physical failure analysis on semiconductor devices related to assembly processes.
• Conduct fault isolation, decapsulation, cross-section, and defect characterization using FA tools.
• Identify failure mechanism (e.g., EOS, ESD, corrosion, delamination, metal migration).
• Analyze failing units from reliability, customer returned and abnormal yield lot.
• Prepare formal FA reports with supporting data and recommend failure phenomenon or root cause.
• Work closely with process or product engineering, and quality teams to resolve device failure issue.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/ Electronics Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in semiconductor device failure analysis.
• Familiar with semiconductor assembly processes (die attach, wire bond, etc).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and report-writing skills.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.