Principal Engineer, Reliability

About GF GlobalFoundries (GF) is a leading manufacturer of essential semiconductors, enabling AI at scale from the cloud to the physical world. Through deep partnerships with customers, GF delivers differentiated, power efficient and high-performance solutions for high growth markets. With global manufacturing operations across the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted and holistic technology partner for customers around the world. GF’s talented, global team remains focused every day on security, longevity, and sustainability. For more information, visit www.gf.com. Introduction: As Principal Engineer in reliability, you will need to have basic reliability knowledge and understanding of the reliability failure mechanisms, preferably in gate oxide, transistor device and/or back-end-of-line reliability. Semiconductor process and/or device physics knowledge is a plus. Your responsibilities are to collaborate with fab and technology development teams and perform reliability test structure design, reliability testing and analysis, risk assessments and design rule proposals. Responsibilities: • Provide technical support on qualifications & reliability improvements i.e. qualification plan definition, test condition determination, hardware & software design for special test requests, test results analysis and provide recommendations for competitiveness & improvement. • Execute benchmarking exercises on reliability testing methodology, process qualification criteria & reliability design rules. • Design and characterize reliability test structures for qualification and definition of reliability layout rules and models. • Establish reliability test requirements for new / advanced technology. • Provide technical support to customers on building-in reliability into final products. • Continuously improve reliability test cycle time & accuracy through refinement of test structure design and test methodologies. • Play key role in new technology core team to build reliability into the device/process. • Assess reliability risk for process changes, fab excursions and field failures from customers. • Build up modeling for HCI/NBTI/TDDB/PID/EM/BEOL TDDB failure mechanisms and use the modeling to support IC designers’ reliability risk assessment. • Have ownership of the definition, documentation and maintenance of test procedures, test findings & tools, plus training of reliability staff. Qualifications & Experiences: • Bachelor / Master / PhD Degree in Engineering (Electronics, Materials or Physics). • Minimum 7 years of experience in semiconductor reliability. Preferred Qualifications: • Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills. • Good analytical and problem-solving skills. • Able to work under tight project timeline. • Knowledge of Minitab, JMP, FMEA, 8D is an advantage. GlobalFoundries is an equal opportunity employer, cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe having a multicultural workplace enhances productivity, efficiency and innovation whilst our employees feel truly respected, valued and heard. As an affirmative employer, all qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, ethnicity, marital status, citizenship, race, religion, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation and medical and/or physical abilities. All offers of employment with GlobalFoundries are conditioned upon the successful completion of background checks, medical screenings as applicable and subject to the respective local laws and regulations. No Recruitment Fee Policy: GlobalFoundries is committed to ethical and transparent hiring practices. Candidates will not be charged any fees at any stage of the recruitment process. Any request for payment related to a GlobalFoundries employment opportunity is unauthorized and should be reported immediately. All legitimate recruitment communications are conducted exclusively through official GlobalFoundries channels. To report concerns or suspected recruitment fraud, please contact our Ethics & Compliance Office at global.compliance@GlobalFoundries.com or visit our official website. Information about our benefits you can find here: https://gf.com/about-us/careers/opportunities-asia