Failure Analysis Intern
About The Position
MACOM is hiring a Failure Analysis Intern for a 12-week internship. The intern will work on an individual, well-defined project with set outcome goals, gain hands-on experience, and receive training, ongoing supervision, and formal written feedback. The internship includes an intern webinar series, networking and social events, and a poster session where interns present their project successes and pitfalls. Candidates must be currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program in materials science and engineering (MSE), electrical and computer engineering (ECE), or a similar engineering discipline. Due to ITAR regulations, applicants must be U.S. persons: U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program in MSE, ECE, or a similar engineering discipline.
- Familiarity with epitaxial growth of GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) on SiC and silicon substrates.
- Prior experience with electrical probe testing or curve tracing and high-resolution optical microscopy.
- Understand the capabilities of acoustic microscopy, focused ion beam (FIB) cross sectioning, secondary electron microscopy (SEM) inspection, and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) analysis.
- Versatility with Microsoft Office Suite and statistical analysis software such as JMP.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Must be a U.S. person under ITAR regulations: a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, or individual granted asylum or refugee status.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with electronic device fabrication processing technology and device mask layout principles.
- Direct experience with one or more of the listed characterization techniques.
- Familiarity with principles and characterization of radio frequency transistor devices.
- Familiarity with mask layout principles and ability to view .gds files in a layout editor.
- Familiarity with epitaxial wafer characterization methods, such as sheet resistance mapping and photoluminescence mapping.
Responsibilities
- Complete an individual project with defined outcome goals.
- Present project findings at a poster session, including successes and pitfalls.
- Present data and findings verbally and in written reports.
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Career Level
Intern
