Staff Engineer, Foundry Yield Engineering

Interfaces with and drives the activities of external wafer foundries’ engineering activities, datamining support for fab escalations and yield analysis.

• Driving yield improvement activities during new product ramp up and volume production including Foundry Defect Density reduction CIP.
• Collaborate with the foundry process tech team, Product & test Engineering and foundry technical manager to design wafer DOEs for yield improvement.
• Support new product tape out process to ensure good WAT test structure coverage and process margin in production.
• Work with foundry on the WAT / Inline monitoring.
• Work with a cross functional team in foundry excursion / RMA / quality issues by supporting data analytics to identify root cause and implement actions and meet delivery requirements.
• Support foundry/fab transfer safe launch data analytics
• Conduct D0 yield calculation for new projects.
• Provide PDF Exensio consultations for product/test teams.
• Build PDF Exensio custom template as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering function-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• >8 years’ experience working in semiconductor yield engineering.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor fabrication processes and technologies.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis tools and techniques in PDF Exensio Yield tool
• Other yield tool experiences are preferred: Spotfire and JMP
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Team management experience is preferred.

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.’     
 
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• 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.    

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