Principal ASIC Engineer

Job Title

Principal ASIC Engineer

Role Summary

Lead quality and reliability (Q&R) engineering for an IC product line at Annapurna Labs (Amazon). Drive technical direction, oversee semiconductor testing and failure analysis, and own reliability activities across design, manufacturing and production.

Build and manage a team of Q&R engineers, coordinate with customers and manufacturing partners to debug failures, support RMA analysis, and improve yield, performance, quality, and cost.

Experience Level

Senior / Principal level. No specific years-of-experience requirement stated.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead all Q&R activities for an IC product line and set technical direction for reliability engineering.
• Recruit, build, and manage a team of quality and reliability engineers; mentor and develop staff.
• Define, execute, and analyze semiconductor quality and reliability tests and metrics.
• Work directly with customers to jointly debug failures and reduce IC-related field issues.
• Perform and coordinate failure analysis (FA) and RMA investigations.
• Collaborate with fabs, OSATs, ODMs and internal teams to improve fabrication yield and production processes.
• Establish statistical approaches for reliability assessments and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Experience in semiconductor quality & reliability test definition, execution, and analysis.
• Proven experience leading a team of IC quality and reliability engineers.
• Deep knowledge of semiconductor physics, VLSI IC design, manufacturing, testing, failure analysis, reliability engineering, and statistics.
• Strong knowledge of semiconductor fabrication processes.
• Experience with IC- and system-level testing and debug.

Nice-to-have:

• Familiarity with semiconductor production flows and working with OSATs and ODMs.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Materials Science or a related technical field is listed (M.Sc. or Ph.D. are noted as advantageous). The posting expects practical work experience in semiconductor quality and reliability engineering.

About the Company

Company: Amazon

Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States

Amazon is a global leader in e-commerce and cloud computing, committed to delivering fast, reliable services across diverse sectors. The company's innovative technologies include AWS, Kindle, and Echo, as well as developing low Earth orbit satellite networks for improved internet connectivity worldwide.