Yield Development Engineer (Semiconductor)

Location: Penang, Malaysia; on-site presence required

Company

hirify.global's Foundry team develops high-performance semiconductor solutions and advances process technology and manufacturing capabilities.

What you will do

• Identify yield limiters using statistical techniques, big data methodologies, and diverse manufacturing data sources.
• Develop process roadmaps, measurement recipes, and equipment capabilities for advanced logic nodes.
• Perform fault isolation, failure analysis, and root-cause investigations for logic and memory/array failures.
• Correlate ATE test results with design and process data while debugging issues from silicon bring-up through production.
• Execute new product introductions, design-technology co-optimization, and factory experiments to improve yield and manufacturability.
• Create tools, algorithms, and systems for high-volume data analysis and yield modeling while collaborating with design, test, process, and layout teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electronic engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in semiconductor failure analysis or test engineering.
• Strong understanding of array architecture and failure mechanisms, or hands-on experience with SCAN ATPG methodology, scan-chain diagnosis, pattern generation, and debug.
• Experience with fault isolation, electrical fault isolation, circuit and layout analysis, failure signatures, and yield learning.
• Experience with tester platforms such as Advantest or Teradyne and understanding of DFT concepts and implementation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with embedded memory compilers, array redundancy analysis, and BIST for memory and logic.
• Familiarity with JMP, Python, or R for statistical data analysis.
• Experience with 7nm, 5nm, 3nm, or smaller process nodes.
• Exposure to machine-learning-based fault classification or yield analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time experienced-hire position on Shift 1 in Malaysia.
• Cross-functional work across design, process, test, layout, and manufacturing organizations.
• Focus on technical excellence, collaboration, responsible business practices, and ethical hiring.
• No recruitment, medical examination, or other hiring fees are charged to candidates.