Senior Yield Engineer (MEMS)

TL;DR

Senior Yield Engineer (MEMS): Establishing and executing a unified yield strategy across a MEMS microfabrication facility with an accent on root-cause investigations and yield improvement roadmaps. Focus on leading multi-disciplinary failure analysis, governing yield models, and driving new product yield ramps.

Location: Cambridge, MA. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Salary: $82,300 - $220,000

Company

Independent, nonprofit research and development company focusing on national challenges in military defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering.

What you will do

• Establish and own the microfab's yield improvement roadmap, prioritizing projects by cost-of-yield impact.
• Lead cross-functional root-cause investigations spanning lithography, deposition, etch, wafer bonding, and release/stiction failure modes.
• Build and govern yield models and define statistical process control (SPC) limits and escalation criteria.
• Drive end-to-end yield ramps for new products, including FMEA, risk reduction, and control plan authoring.
• Direct failure analysis strategies using SEM, FIB, TEM, and profilometry to inform engineering decisions.
• Mentor junior engineers and serve as the primary technical authority and escalation point for the fab.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Physics (Master's preferred).
• 5-10 years of experience in Microsystems Engineering or a related field.
• Proficiency with MEMS fabrication, metrology tools, and performance testing software.
• Strong expertise in statistical process control, reliability, and failure analysis.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Nice to have

• Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Experience with RF MEMS, inertial sensors, photonic integrated circuits, or microfluidic devices.
• Prior people-management or dotted-line technical leadership experience.
• Knowledge of MIL-STD-883 test methods for DoD programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Workplace flexibility and support for work-life balance.
• Employee clubs for various interests including photography and yoga.
• Health and finance workshops, off-site social events, and cultural activity discounts.
• Collaborative R&D environment encouraging cross-fertilization of ideas and innovation.