Staff Engineer, Quality & Reliability

Samsung Electronics

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Work type
On-site
Location
Austin, TX
Salary
$131,000–$174,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 21, 2027

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Below market

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About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational corporation and a global leader in technology, specializing in consumer electronics, semiconductors, and home appliances.

Samsung Electronics currently has 94 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $106,000–$174,500 across 85 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Engineer, Quality & Reliability

The Staff Engineer, Quality & Reliability will join the engineering team to oversee semiconductor reliability for New Technology Introduction and New Product Introduction. This role involves providing technical leadership to direct reliability improvement activities, identifying and executing evaluations for technology qualifications, and managing integration problems across the Fab, PIE, Device, and Product Test departments. The successful candidate will design and analyze experiments to improve fabrication processes, utilize statistical tools and reliability models to extract lifetime data, and author technical papers for journals. Key requirements include expertise in advanced CMOS technology nodes, specifically regarding Semiconductor BEOL Reliability Degradation Mechanisms such as BEOL WLR, TDDB, EM, SM, and TC. The role focuses on ensuring smooth transitions from development to mass production while navigating industrial and academic landscapes.

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What you'll do

  • Provide technical leadership to direct a team for semiconductor reliability improvement activities.
  • Identify, plan, and execute reliability evaluations for NTI, NPI, and technology qualifications.
  • Manage solutions to integration problems by coordinating with Fab, PIE, Device, and Product Test departments.
  • Design, execute, and analyze experiments to improve semiconductor fabrication processes.
  • Utilize statistical tools and reliability models to extract lifetime data from time to fail results.
  • Define new process integrations for new technology nodes based on lessons learned.
  • Author technical papers for symposiums and journals to represent company technology leadership.

What we're looking for

  • MS or PhD in Engineering (preferred Electrical Engineering or Materials Engineering).
  • 10+ years of related experience in semiconductor reliability engineering.
  • Hands-on experience in Reliability Degradation Mechanisms in BEOL WLR (BEOL TDDB, EM, SM, TC).
  • Experience in FEOL WLR (preferred).
  • Ability to design, execute, and analyze experiments to improve semiconductor fabrication processes.
  • Proficiency in utilizing statistical tools and reliability models to extract lifetime from time to fail data.
  • Ability to navigate industrial and academic landscapes to serve as a knowledge center for device integration.
  • Export control laws.

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