Director of Custom Silicon Reliability

Infineon • San Jose, CA

38d • $194,480 - $289,289

About The Position

#WeAreIn for jobs that impact everyone's life. Excellence isn’t an act - it’s in the DNA of everything we do. As a Director of Custom Silicon Reliability you will uncover the root causes behind every single error, drive transformational improvements, and implement forward thinking solutions to ensure our products exceed the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance. Are you in?

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As a global leader in semiconductor solutions in power systems and IoT, Infineon enables game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT. Together, we drive innovation and customer success, while caring for our people and empowering them to reach ambitious goals. Be a part of making life easier, safer and greener.
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Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

Employment at Infineon is contingent upon proof of your legal right to work in the United States under applicable law, verification of satisfactory references and successful completion of a background check and drug test, and signing all your on-boarding documents.

In some instances, if applicable, U.S. export control laws require that Infineon obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing technologies to certain persons. This offer is contingent upon Infineon's ability to satisfy these export control laws as related to your employment and anticipated job activities. The decision whether or not to submit and/or pursue an export license to satisfy this contingency, if applicable, shall be at Infineon's sole discretion.

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The Wage range that the company expects to pay for a qualified candidate in the United States is:

San Jose, CA Minimum of $194,480 salary per year / Maximum of $289,289 salary per year

In addition, all employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan.

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Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electronics, Electrical, Material Science, Semiconductor Engineering or related field
• Experience: Minimum 15 years of progressive quality, customer‐quality or operations leadership experience in the semiconductor industry. At least 5 years in a global, customer‐facing, leadership role
• Skills
• Deep knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes (front end wafer, backend assembly & test, packaging, test engineering, reliability and failure mechanisms)
• Skilled in Reliability test, methods and failure mechanisms
• Proven experience dealing with major global customers and handling global quality initiatives
• Solid leadership capability: operating across geographies (Americas,EMEA, APAC), influencing without direct authority
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (in English): comfortable interfacing with technical experts, senior executives and global customers
• Background in new product development process
• Professional knowledge of quality systems, methods, procedures, and tools (e.g., risk management, FMEA, 8D, 5whys, etc.)
• Willingness and ability to travel globally at short notice (25%)

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of industry standards (IJEDEC, IATF, AEC, IEC) is preferred
• Knowledge in semiconductor design process/ Design for Reliability(DfR)

Responsibilities

• Dedicated Quality and Reliability expert for corporate customer to drive Custom Silicon Management (CSM) projects requirements, internal communication and assessment or implementation
• Ensures complete understanding of Quality and Reliability requirements for CSM projects through close and regular alignment with the customer counterpart
• Be able to work with the customer and internal Infineon stakeholders to produce a harmonized strategy for CSM requirements and effectively capture lessons learned within the organization
• Drive improvement initiatives and projects across Infineon to optimize CSM engagement
• Accountable for CSM Quality and Reliability performance with focus onCSM Scorecard improvement
• Lead CSM quality visits and drive identified CSM project improvements to closure
• Steer CSM qualification escalation topics towards resolution
• Be able to define and document subset requirements for small CSM projects

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director