FIB Technician 5 - Night Shift

Analog Devices•Beaverton, OR

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is a hands-on FIB technician position supporting a semiconductor production fab, where speed, precision, and good judgment are critical. The technician performs FIB cross-sections and SEM imaging to help resolve urgent manufacturing issues, support process and tool qualifications, and provide clear analysis that helps engineering teams make decisions quickly. It is a strong fit for someone who enjoys technical lab work, can adapt to changing priorities, communicates well with engineers and requestors, and is interested in growing into additional advanced failure analysis techniques over time.

Requirements

Hands-on FIB technician position supporting a semiconductor production fab.
Speed, precision, and good judgment are critical.
Performs FIB cross-sections and SEM imaging.
Resolves urgent manufacturing issues.
Supports process and tool qualifications.
Provides clear analysis for engineering decision-making.
Enjoys technical lab work.
Can adapt to changing priorities.
Communicates well with engineers and requestors.
Interested in growing into additional advanced failure analysis techniques over time.
Interprets analysis needs from online request system.
Selects appropriate approaches for analysis.
Identifies when additional techniques may be helpful.
Clarifies ambiguous or incomplete requests directly with requestors.
Prioritizes incoming requests based on fab urgency, business impact, and operational need.
Works within a night compressed work schedule that will include alternating Wednesdays and Thursday through Saturday coverage, 6PM to 6AM.
Partners with fab, process, product, and failure analysis teams.
Identifies root cause, contains issues, and communicates clear analytical findings, risks, and recommendations to engineering stakeholders.
Maintains equipment and workflow readiness.
Complies with lab safety, cleanroom protocols, and operating standards.
Drives improvements in throughput, repeatability, and data quality.

Nice To Haves

Support additional sample preparation approaches, including TEM lamella lift-out, as needed and as experience develops.

Responsibilities

Perform FIB cross-sections and SEM imaging to evaluate process integrity, defect mechanisms, and structural characteristics on semiconductor devices.
Support additional sample preparation approaches, including TEM lamella lift-out, as needed and as experience develops.
Support the Production Fab through rapid physical analysis for tool and process qualification, lines down events, uncontained excursions, scrap disposition, and other high-priority production issues.
Manage work from the online request system by interpreting analysis needs, selecting appropriate approaches, identifying when additional techniques may be helpful, and clarifying ambiguous or incomplete requests directly with requestors.
Prioritize incoming requests based on fab urgency, business impact, and operational need while working within a night compressed work schedule that will include alternating Wednesdays and Thursday through Saturday coverage, 6PM to 6AM.
Partner with fab, process, product, and failure analysis teams to identify root cause, contain issues, and communicate clear analytical findings, risks, and recommendations to engineering stakeholders.
Maintain equipment, workflow readiness, and compliance with lab safety, cleanroom protocols, and operating standards while driving improvements in throughput, repeatability, and data quality.