Principle Engineer for early failure mechanisms, methodologies and tools (f/m/div)
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Driving continuous improvement - ready to make quality a culture? As a Principle Engineer for early failure mechanisms, methodologies and tools (f/m/div) in our Quality & Excellence team uncover the root causes behind every single error, drive transformational improvements, and implement forward-thinking solutions to ensure our products exceed the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance.
Key responsibilities in your new role
- Act as the technical lead and methodological expert for Burn-in (BI), including steering BI decisions, driving continuous improvements, and serving as the primary interface to technology and product development as well as statistics teams
- Provide teaching, coaching, and knowledge transfer on Burn-in topics to cross-functional teams, ensuring a consistent and high-quality understanding of BI methodologies across the organization
- Support Design for Stress (DfS) sustaining activities, including the management and resolution of DfS Jira Tickets in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders
- Serve as the 1st level of support for internal customer inquiries, with a particular focus on Automotive Governance, ensuring timely and solution-oriented responses
- Drive long-term, strategically important tasks that require sustained attention, ensuring that critical but non-urgent topics receive appropriate prioritization and follow-through
- Collaborate closely with Front-End (FE), Back-End (BE) and product development teams, contributing expert knowledge on failure mechanisms, defects, design and test conditions to support informed quality decisions
- Lead customer communications about early topics
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of Quality Management Systems (QMS), processes, methods, and tools along the entire supply chain, with a strong automotive quality mindset
Requirements
Qualifications and skills to help you succeed
- A degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Materials Science, Physics, or a related field
- At least 6 years of professional work experience in semiconductor manufacturing, with a strong focus on quality management along the supply chain, Front-End and Back-End processes, and reliability testing
- Expert-level knowledge in Burn-in methodologies, including deep understanding of physical failure mechanisms, defect analysis, Fault Analysis (FA), and test conditions relevant to semiconductor devices
- Proven experience as a technical lead in a cross-functional environment, with the ability to drive decisions, align stakeholders, and manage Design for Stress (DfS) activities effectively
- Solid understanding of wafer manufacturing process, foundational skills in data analysis, and familiarity with chip design, test engineering and product development processes
- Proficiency in digital collaboration tools such as Confluence, Jira, and Intranet platforms
- Show a strong automotive quality mindset and knowledge about automotive requirements
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and a genuine service provider attitude, with demonstrated ability to coach, teach, and inspire colleagues while fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture
- Fluent English (written and spoken); German is a plus
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https://www.infineon.com/jobs Das Mindestentgelt für die Stelle als Principle Engineer for early failure mechanisms, methodologies and tools (f/m/div) beträgt 3.449,44 EUR brutto pro Monat auf Basis Vollzeitbeschäftigung. Bereitschaft zur Überzahlung.