Application Engineer (Semiconductor)

Location: Benicia, California, United States; onsite role with approximately 10% travel. Relocation eligible.

Salary: $108,000–$148,500 per year

Company

hirify.global develops materials science, engineering, and semiconductor manufacturing solutions used in advanced chips and displays.

What you will do

• Develop and optimize XADA workflows for die-level fault localization, semiconductor failure analysis, and root-cause determination.
• Lead complex application activities, customer evaluations, beta-site work, system demonstrations, and implementation schedules.
• Analyze customer technical requirements and define or approve application support plans for system installation.
• Create new methodologies to optimize system performance for specific semiconductor applications.
• Develop and transfer application capabilities from product divisions to customer application support teams.
• Lead customer technical review meetings and collaborate with product engineering, R&D, and customers.

Requirements

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of semiconductor industry experience in failure analysis, silicon debug, product engineering, or applications engineering.
• Experience developing, documenting, and transferring application workflows and customer deployment practices.
• Experience with fault localization techniques such as LADA, LVP, SDL, or related semiconductor failure analysis methods.
• Experience with Advantest V93000 (93K) or equivalent ATE systems for device characterization and debug.
• Familiarity with DFT methodologies and CAD-based debug tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive environment focused on learning, development, and career growth.
• Health and wellbeing programs with comprehensive employee benefits.
• Potential eligibility for bonus and stock award programs.
• Work includes collaboration with customers, product engineering, R&D, and application support teams.