Senior Staff Device Characterization Engineer

Renesas Electronics•Palm Bay, FL

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Join our Technology Development (TD) team as a Senior Engineer and contribute to cutting-edge projects in power device development and semiconductor device characterization. This role involves overseeing and maintaining test equipment, performing various measurements on wafer level and package parts, developing new software, and collaborating with team members to debug test chip programs. The role also includes lab development, requiring hardware and software upgrades as testing requirements evolve.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
A minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience in semiconductor device characterization.
Familiarity with HP RMB or SPECS.
Familiarity with Unix systems.
Proficiency in using various electronic lab equipment, including but not limited to: Automated probers, Semiconductor parameter analyzers, S-parameter systems.
Experience in semiconductor layout using tools like Cadence Virtuoso.
Knowledge of underlying device physics of tested devices.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Splus/R, Python, MatLab or JMP a plus.

Responsibilities

Oversee and Maintain Test Equipment: Utilize HP4062/4073 testers with EG2080, EG4090, and TEL Precio XL probers, leveraging custom RMB code.
Work with HP8753 and Cascade full-temperature probers using HP IC-CAP software.
Manage Agilent B1500 with a manual probe station.
Perform measurements on wafer level and package parts. Measurements include process and device characterization testing, EPROM testing, device raw I-V curves as well as reliability tests like HCI and HTRB.
Conduct transient manual measurements, such as Gate charge and Reverse recovery.
S-Parameter measurements using as HP8753D with manual probe station and IC-CAP software.
Develop new software as needed by device development and modeling team.
Work with other team members to debug test chip programs.
Lab development: As testing requirements change, upgrade hardware and software to meet needs.