Engineer Failure Analysis 80 – 100% (f/m/d) limited contract until the end of November 2026

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Lenzburg, Aargau
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100K-120K
Mid level
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The Role
The Engineer Failure Analysis role involves conducting analyses on failed semiconductor devices, improving manufacturing processes, and supporting R&D efforts to enhance yield and reliability.
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Location:

Lenzburg, Aargau, Switzerland

Job ID:

R0109827

Date Posted:

2025-10-23

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY LTD

Profession (Job Category):

Quality Management

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity

As a global leader in power semiconductors, we offer one of the most diverse product portfolios including thyristors, diodes, GTOs, IGCTs, IGBTs and MOSFETs recognized by industry, power transmission & distribution, mobility, renewable energy for their ultimate in quality and reliability.  

The Engineer Failure Analysis position in Lenzburg offers an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated team focused on semiconductor failure analysis. The role involves conducting complex analyses to determine failure mechanisms in semiconductors, supporting Research & Development and Product Engineering teams, and improving analysis techniques in the laboratory. This position requires a solid understanding of analysis methods and the use of specialist equipment. 

How you’ll make an impact

  • Analyze failed devices from internal tests in order to improve yield and reliability

  • Perform in-depth investigations of customer returns, using REM/EDX, profilometers, electrical measurement techniques, spreading resistance profiling (SRP), etc.

  • Support troubleshooting and improvement teams within production and R&D

  • Improve electrical and physical analysis techniques as well as chemical preparation processes

Your background

  • Master’s degree in natural sciences (TU, FH, ETH, or similar)

  • Preferably professionals with more than three years of lab experience, but we also welcome applications from highly motivated graduates who have completed their PhD thesis

  • Knowledge of standard failure analysis methods such as SEM/EDX, optical microscopy, hot-spot analysis, electrical characterization, SAM and spreading resistance profiling

  • Experience in failure analysis of semiconductor chips and components (including packaging and materials) is desirable

  • Business fluent in English

More about us

Our flexible working practices help you optimize personal and business performance while creating an environment where all employees can develop their skills and grow.

Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a general inquiry form on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. 

Top Skills

Edx
Electrical Characterization
Optical Microscopy
Profilometers
Rem
Sem
Spreading Resistance Profiling
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The Company
33,676 Employees

What We Do

Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world.

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