Principal Semiconductor Reliability Engineer

Date Posted:

2024-01-12

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA112: Andover MA 358 Lowell St Dukes 358 Lowell Street Dukes, Andover, MA, 01810 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

About Us:

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

Job Summary:

An exciting opportunity has opened for a Principal Reliability Engineer to join our Advanced Microelectronics Solutions Department (AMSD) at Raytheon Missiles & Defense in Andover, MA. AMSD develops, designs, and manufactures compound semiconductor devices, microwave/millimeter-wave integrated circuits, and modules for defense applications. Your subject matter technical expertise in reliability, modeling, testing, semiconductor physics, and applied statistics is key to the success on this role. As a lead engineer, you will need to communicate efficiently and effectively, and you’ll also need to demonstrate strong ownership and accountability.

We value diverse skills and experience, so don’t hold back. Your qualification could add tremendous value to our team. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• Own end-to-end reliability tasks (plan, design, test, analysis, report) and demonstrate strong initiatives to go above and beyond
• Interact frequently with a team of process engineers, technology owners, and project leads
• Reliability test planning and execution, data modeling and producing key metrics such as MTTF, failure rates, safe operating conditions, and corresponding confidence bounds. Therefore, a fundamental understanding of reliability statistics will be necessary
• Handling compound semiconductor transistors, passive components, and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs)
• Interacting with probe stations and multiple reliability testing systems (DC and RFOL)
• Lead reliability efforts that support wafer foundry’s new technology development, new tool qualification, and reliability-oriented design rule verification and development
• Initiate and report failure analysis of components from reliability testing
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, asonly U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically a Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or statistics
• Minimum of 10 years of reliability testing and characterization experience in semiconductor field
• Experience in the design and execution of reliability test plans for semiconductor devices under accelerated stress conditions
• Experience with data analysis and reliability modeling skills
• Experience with applied statistics in the reliability field
• Utilize corresponding software such as JMP, MATLAB, or equivalent statistical analysis tools
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in STEM or statistics
• Solid state device physics knowledge
• Semiconductor wafer fab processing knowledge
• Project management skills
• Failure analysis experience with SEM, FIB, STEM, etc.
• Experience in the RF field
• Experience with lab tools such as probe stations, curve tracers, Keithly/Agilent equipment
• Experience with programming/scripting
• Experience with related industry standards such as JEDEC, MIL

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the superior benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

The salary range for this role is 96,000 USD - 200,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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