Failure Analysis Engineer (H/F)

Location: Hybrid in Aubervilliers, France; flexible remote work is available up to 40% per month.

Company

Alice & Bob is an early-stage French startup developing a universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer based on superconducting Schrödinger cat qubits.

What you will do

• Monitor known and potential failure mechanisms across the chip production process and run failure analysis on identified cases.
• Generate, organize, and maintain failure-analysis data and databases, then synthesize progress for stakeholders.
• Use electrical and visual inspection tools, SEM including EDX/EDS, and AFM to characterize defects and materials.
• Build a failure-analysis knowledge hub through external expert networks, test-tool evaluation, and methodology reviews.
• Identify root causes and correlations between process steps, then propose corrective actions with process integration, process development, and production engineering teams.
• Collaborate with QHI teams, Chip Design Implementation, and external failure-analysis laboratories.

Requirements

• Master of Engineering or equivalent university degree in physics, materials science, electronics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in failure analysis or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of IC fabrication flows, including front-end and back-end, with the ability to identify which process step may introduce a defect.
• Hands-on experience with electrical testing, SEM including EDX/EDS for elemental composition, and AFM for surface topography.
• Good communication skills and the ability to cooperate across teams.
• Proficient in English.
• Quantum-technology experience is not required; relevant failure-analysis expertise may come from semiconductors, microelectronics, or advanced materials.

Nice to have

• Understanding of packaging and assembly, including wire bonds, flip-chip or bump bonds, and TSVs.
• Knowledge of metallurgy and intermetallic compound formation.
• Knowledge of fracture mechanics, fatigue, and thermal-expansion effects such as CTE mismatch.

Culture & Benefits

• CDI employment with a flexible remote-work policy allowing up to 40% remote work per month.
• BSPCE plan and additional compensation for contributions to core patents.
• 25 days of vacation under French law plus RTT, transportation-cost coverage or a bicycle allowance.
• Health coverage with Alan, meal vouchers with Swile, and a stocked kitchen.
• Parental benefits including crèche support or additional days off, mental-health support, sports-club membership, and French-language courses.
• Collaborative, learning-oriented environment with opportunities to develop new ideas and grow within an innovative quantum-computing startup.

Hiring process

• 30-minute screening call with Talent Acquisition.
• 45-minute hiring-manager interview, followed by a 90-minute technical case study prepared and presented on site.
• 60-minute leadership and fit interview; nothing is required in advance for the case study.