Manager - Failure Analysis

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Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Failure Analysis Manager to lead and develop a high-performing failure analysis team supporting semiconductor products across external customers, development, reliability/qualification, and yield support. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise in electrical and physical failure analysis, combined with strong people leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of failure analysis engineers and technicians, including performance management, hiring, and professional development
• Own and drive end-to-end semiconductor failure analysis investigations from problem definition through root cause and corrective action
• Review and approve failure analysis reports, ensuring clear root cause determination and actionable recommendations
• Apply and guide advanced electrical failure analysis (EFA) and physical failure analysis (PFA) techniques to resolve complex device and system-level failures
• Partner closely with design, process, reliability,, yield enhancement, and customer-facing teams to resolve yield, reliability, and customer-return issues
• Establish best practices, methodologies, and documentation standards for failure analysis workflows
• Support new technology introductions, product qualifications, and reliability improvement initiatives
• Manage lab priorities, equipment utilization, and external FA vendor engagements as needed
• Present findings and recommendations to senior technical leadership and customers

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline (Master’s or PhD preferred)
• 12–15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with significant hands-on failure analysis experience
• Minimum of 5 years of people management experience, including direct management of engineers
• Strong expertise in electrical failure analysis techniques, such as:
  • Curve tracing, emission microscopy (EMMI), OBIRCH, LIVA, TIVA
  • Parametric testing and fault isolation

• Strong expertise in physical failure analysis techniques, such as:
  • Optical microscopy, SEM, TEM, FIB, nanoprobing
  • Delayering, cross-sectioning, and material analysis

• Proven ability to identify root cause and drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with advanced semiconductor technologies (e.g., advanced nodes, high-voltage, power, or mixed-signal devices)
• Familiarity with reliability testing, qualification standards, and customer return analysis
• Experience managing FA labs, capital equipment planning, and budgets
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including customer-facing presentations

Leadership Competencies

• Technical credibility with the ability to coach and develop senior-level engineers
• Strong problem-solving mindset with a data-driven approach
• Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and manage competing priorities
• Commitment to continuous improvement, quality, and operational excellence

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Bending at Waist, Carrying, Crouching, Dust or gases, Electrical Hazards, Feeling, Fumes or Odors, Handling, Hearing, Kneeling, Lifting, Piece Work, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Seeing, Stooping, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

Sitting  80%, standing 10%, walking 10%. There is a requirement to look into eyepieces of microscopes, look at screens for the use of electron microscopes, optical microscope and optical emission tools. 

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $91-247k.*Application window will remain open until qualified candidates have been identified.

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