The Allegro team is passionate about providing intelligent solutions that move the world toward a safer and more sustainable future. With more than 30 years of experience developing advanced semiconductor technology, innovation with purpose touches every aspect of our business. From customer engagement and employee recognition to technology advancement and serving the local communities in which we maintain offices, innovation consistently drives our mission and definition of success.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Perform non-destructive and destructive failure analysis techniques on samples as requested by the customers as part of an investigation of customer complaints, STR or manufacturing failures. Generate, review and publish failure analysis report.
Operate FA equipment, instruments and tools. Utilize the use of failure analysis methodology to characterize the physical properties and electrical performance of the samples. Use chemicals to deprocess the sample to expose the device internal components for inspection.
Operate these specific FA equipment and instruments but not limited to: Microscope, X ray, Acoustic microscopy, Electron microscope, Elemental analysis, Micro-sectioning, Decapsulation (LASER, mechanical, chemical), Electrical bench testing instruments, curve tracer, and multi temp testers, fume hood and chemicals, polishing and parallel lapping, microprobeR
Prepare samples ready for analysis through lead rework, soldering/ desoldering, PCB and module extraction
Interpret ATE and bench test results, correlate the failure down to IC schematic/ layout level
Primary provider of technical support and direction to the VoF technicians and VoF lab staff.
Interact with the Requestor/ Quality, Applications, Test and Product Engineer, Design Engineer to address concerns for a more effective and efficient FA investigation of the customer returns.
Review and understand the customer complaint and prepare FA plan and resources needed prior to the actual FA.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Degree in Engineering Courses: Electronics, Electrical or Physics, Material Science
Knowledge in operating electrical instruments and bench testing tools (Power supply, multimeter, signal generator, oscilloscope, I/V curve trace tester)
Preferred with intermediate experience in Semiconductor Failure Analysis (Non -destructive and destructive testing). Knows the principles and operation of ( CSAM, X RAY, microscope, SEM/EDX, fumehood, sectioning)
With intermediate background on semiconductor electronics industry operations and processes such as: Assembly, IC fabrication, testing and validation (Applications circuits), circuit schematics diagram/layout and ATE datalog review, basic programming, Chemicals and laboratory safety and Quality system
Familiar with concept of fault isolation techniques (Emission microscopy, thermal analysis, OBIRCH), Chemical handling, IC delayering and microprobing
Computer literate (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, photo-editing, basic programming )
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What We Do
At Allegro MicroSystems, we’re passionate about developing intelligent solutions that move the world toward a safer and more sustainable future – while giving our customers a competitive edge.
With more than 50 years of experience developing advanced semiconductor technology and application-specific algorithms, Allegro is a global leader in power and sensing solutions for motion control and energy-efficient systems. Through our innovations, we are helping our customers make breakthrough advancements in areas like advanced mobility, green energy, and factory automation. Each year, we ship over one billion units into these applications to support our 10,000+ customers around the globe, including over 50 automotive OEMs.
Our diverse team of 3,500+ employees is spread across 13 countries, powering our global engineering, manufacturing, and support and enabling our innovations. That’s why we work hard to create a collaborative, energetic environment that rewards ingenuity and helps our employees make a difference every day.
