Staff Engineer, Reliability Engineering

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary
This position is responsible for: Overseeing product, technology, package and assembly Reliability Qualification of pSemi’s diverse product portfolio. This role is also responsible for qualifying and sustaining pSemi products, packaging, new fab process and technology. Other responsibilities include conduction On-going Reliability Testing and supporting cross functional teams in maintaining reliability and quality assurance at OSAT facilities.

The assigned projects will be diverse and complex in nature which requires exceptional organization skills and high attention to details. This requires the candidate to have a strong background in Reliability Engineering and IC product qualifications. This position is also responsible creating qualification plans, execution of plan and write customer Reliability reports. Also, overseeing timely execution and completion of qualification projects, define Reliability hardware and test requirements. This role is expected to apply strong engineering background in Reliability and mentor other engineers.

The candidate will be expected to work with minimal supervision and build strong work relationships with other engineering groups. The candidate should also enjoy working in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a sense of commitment and be flexible to project needs.  The candidate must be a collaborator and possess a sense of urgency to meet product requirements on schedule.

Roles & Responsibilities
This position has responsibility for:
•    Define Reliability qualification requirements for IC products, package, and process qualifications.
•    Create and execute, analyze data and write customer reports.
•    Create and execute qualification plan for new Reliability Test methods or capacities at OSAT.
•    Conduct On-going Reliability Testing (ORT) activities at the OSAT facility.
•    Define Reliability stress testing requirement for new product platform and process technology.
•    Interface with Product/Manufacturing/ Design and Reliability hardware engineers to understand new product and details necessary to perform reliability testing on new products.
•    Troubleshoot and debug of reliability burn-in hardware, including RFHTOL systems.
•    Create and updates Reliability Engineering procedures, as needed.
•    Support Manufacturing Operations, Package Engineering, Product Engineering and Failure Analysis Engineering, Test Engineering to ensure Reliability, and Quality at OSAT facilities.
•    Write technical reports.
•    Mentor other engineers.

Competency Requirements
In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
•    Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations.
•    Working with Ambiguity: Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information.
•    Displaying Technical Knowledge: Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and master the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others.
•    Delivering High Quality of Work: Critically reviews work processes to ensure quality; addresses problems that could impact quality; makes sure project deliverables and services meet all requirements and expectations; does not make the same mistakes twice.
•    Driving Continuous Improvement: Establishes methods to monitor and improve performance of systems and processes; utilizes specialized techniques for continuous improvement (e.g., Kaizen, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management).

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)
•    Typically requires 6 to 8 years of experience in RFIC Reliability; preferably on mmWave devices, depending on education level and experience.
•    Knowledge of semiconductor Reliability stress testing requirements e.g., Jedec, Automotive and Tier-1 customer standards.
•    Must have strong hands-on experience working with lab equipment such as: multi-meter, oscilloscope, power supplies, RF signal generators, RF power amplifiers, Spectrum analyzers and network analyzers.
•    Program and time management skills.
•    Advance analysis of Reliability test data with the use of analysis tools such as JMP or Excel.
•    Must be able to generate schematics using tools such as Allegro.
•    Strong knowledge in RFIC’s, such as: LNA, PA, Switch, DSA, Mixer, and Phase Shifter.
•    Result-oriented and the ability to manage multiple tasks.

Preferred Qualifications
•    Knowledge in Antenna Tuning Switches devices.

Education Requirements
•    Bachelors in Engineering (Packaging, Electrical/Electronics, Materials or Chemical) or Physics; MS preferred.

Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
This role would require 10% travel to OSAT locations.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including “protected veterans” under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logo and UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP and DuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: http://patents.psemi.com