Senior Silicon Reliability Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$168,000–$264,500 / yr
Posted
50 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Silicon Reliability Engineer

As a Senior Silicon Reliability Engineer, you will join the team to drive and utilize cutting-edge technologies to deliver high-performance products while ensuring world-class reliability. You will work closely with wafer foundries and functional groups like Design and Operations to develop process reliability requirements for new technology nodes. Your daily responsibilities include driving foundry test vehicle qualifications, performing wearout reliability assessments, providing guidance on design for reliability, and developing methodology to optimize performance. You will collaborate with foundries to perform stress tests and build models for extrinsic failure mechanisms. The role requires expertise in semiconductor process technologies, reliability physics, acceleration models, and specific failure mechanisms like TDDB, BTI, HCI, EM, and SM. You must be proficient in reliability statistics, JMP tools, and failure rate calculations while navigating the complexities of logic and memory circuit degradation.

What you'll do

  • Develop process reliability requirements for new technology nodes with wafer foundries and internal functional groups.
  • Drive foundry test vehicle qualifications and process reliability improvements before product tape-outs.
  • Perform wearout reliability assessments and provide Design for Reliability guidance to engineering teams.
  • Provide Vmax and aging guardband guidelines to optimize product reliability performance.
  • Plan and perform stress tests with foundries to build models for extrinsic failure mechanisms.
  • Assess reliability risks for excursion materials and determine disposition in coordination with foundries.

What we're looking for

  • PhD or MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related major (or equivalent experience).
  • 8+ years of overall experience in semiconductor reliability.
  • Deep understanding of cutting-edge semiconductor process technologies, reliability physics, and acceleration models.
  • Familiarity with wearout failure mechanisms (TDDB, BTI, HCI, EM, SM) and industry standards like JEDEC and AEC.
  • Proficiency in reliability statistics and hands-on experience in failure rate calculations for various life cycles.
  • Knowledge of semiconductor process defects, root causes, failure analysis, and defect screening methodologies.
  • Solid understanding of reliability degradation mechanisms in logic and memory circuits.
  • Hands-on skills in reliability data analysis using statistical tools such as JMP.

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