This is an exciting time to be at Intel - come join our CMOS TD Reliability Team and work on one of the most advanced 3DNAND and SSD technology portfolios in the world. As the global leader in the semiconductor industry, Intel possesses many industry-leading SSD technologies including the most capable Quadruple Level Cell (QLC) NAND Flash products. In this role, you will be part of a world-class team that will transition to lead the SSD business at SK Hynix.

In this position, you will be working as a member of the Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Solutions Group's (NSG's) Quality and Reliability team, supporting the development of Intel's new emerging NVM 3D-NAND technologies and SSD products, focusing on CMOS transistor and interconnect reliability.

Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Characterizing CMOS device and interconnecting FEOL and BEOL reliability.
• Working in conjunction with process integration and technology development engineers to provide reliability feedback during technology development. Supporting intrinsic device and interconnect level qualification.
• Work closely with Design Engineering to enhance aging models for key analog and digital circuits, develop methods for validating analog and digital circuit degradation, and SOA checking to enhance built-in reliability.
• Developing new acceleration techniques, test methods, and analytical tools to provide fast and effective feedback for process, product, and test optimization on reliability issues.
• Determining reliability requirements and technology targets of components to achieve company, customer, and other reliability objectives.
• Influencing design, process, product, test, and/or system solutions in order to enable aggressive scaling of Intel's NVM technologies

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Solve technical problems and provide workable solutions
• Work well in a team setting with people from a wide range of backgrounds
• Work in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Persistence and commitment to achieving results
• Clearly communicate achieved results and influence a wide range of audiences.
• You may be expected to work in cross-functional and cross-company groups of engineers on multi-disciplinary technical projects to solve complex reliability issues during technology development and ramp to high-volume manufacturing.
• You may also be expected to work with reliability lab technicians for data collection and analysis.

The position is associated with the sale of the NAND business to SK Hynix aligning to Phase 2 of the transaction. Employees aligned to Phase 2 will continue to be employed by Intel developing NAND technology and components. Phase 2 of the transaction is expected to close in March 2025 at which time employees aligned to this phase of the transaction will transition employment to Solidigm, a stand-alone US subsidiary of SK Hynix headquartered in San Jose, California with offices world-wide. Solidigm is a leading global supplier of NAND flash memory solutions, led by Robert (Rob) B. Crooke as CEO, previously senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group. To read more, see: https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1513/intel-sells-ssd-business-and-dalian-facility-to-sk-hynix

Qualifications

You must possess the minimum qualifications below to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications:

MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or Computer Engineering and 3+ years of combined experience in the following:

• Semiconductor device physics.
• Reliability physics.
• Materials science
• Probability and statistics.
• Circuit design and simulation using EDA tools, semiconductor processing,
• CMOS device and interconnect reliability.
• Test equipment such as semiconductor parametric analyzer CV-IV.
• Probe stations, pulse generators, oscilloscopes.
• Electrical characterization of electronic materials and devices.

Preferred qualifications:
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or Computer Engineering and 1+ years in the minimum qualifications.

• 3+ years of experience in CMOS transistor reliability physics (TDDB, HCI, NBTI, PBTI), inter-metal dielectric reliabilit,y and EM
• 3+ years of experience with test equipment such as semiconductor parametric analyzer CV-IV, pulse generators, oscilloscopes, etc. for electrical characterization of electronic materials and devices
• Reliability failure statistics, physics, or reliability failure mechanisms
• 3+ years of experience in computer programming for testing, and data acquisition, reduction, and analysis (C or C++, Perl, Python, LabVIEW)
• Statistical data analysis packages (e.g. R, JMP or Minitab)
• Semiconductor fabrication process, CMOS transistor level circuit design, packaging assembly, test and/or board/system level technology operation
• Transistor device modeling, characterization, reliability aging models and simulation for circuit reliability assessments a plus

Inside this Business Group

Employees in Intel's NAND Product Group deliver solutions that are transforming computing across all segments from data centers to Ultrabooks. They invent, develop, bring to market and support customers with leading-edge NAND flash memory and system level solutions such as solid state drives (SSDs). SSDs are accelerating performance for gaming enthusiasts, reducing total cost of ownership for IT managers of data centers and improving security and reliability for businesses. This dynamic group is strategically positioned to become the leading Non-Volatile Memory solution supplier for the compute segment and is a key to expanding markets and continuing the growth for Intel.

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Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site.