Senior/Principal Reliability Engineer (m/f/d) - GaN

Nexperia; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

About the role:
As Senior/Principal Reliability Engineer (m/f/d), you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and durability of our GaN products by conducting testing, analysing failures, optimising designs and processes, and providing valuable insights to enhance the overall performance of our technology.

This is your new job:

1. Develop and manage the reliability test plan for E-mode GaN products and calculate extrapolated lifetime for a given mission profile.
2. Monitor the internal reliability tests to fail tests in our labs (HVOS, TC, HTOL, etc.) and manage reliability tests with external partners.
3. Analyse reliability test results data to extract acceleration parameters.
4. Identify and address reliability gaps and drive reliability improvements activities.
5. Collaborate with the R&D team and laboratories to develop/improve tests and analysis methods of E-mode GaN products.
6. Monitor failure analysis investigation to understand the main wear-out failure mechanisms.

This is you:
- Master's Degree or equivalent in Experimental Physics, Electronics Engineering, or a similar discipline, PhD preferred.
- Strong knowledge of GaN semiconductor physics.
- Minimum 3 years of experience of power semiconductor devices, ideally wide band gap GaN HEMTs.
- Understanding of mechanical, electrical and thermal failure modes in semiconductor products, and failure analysis techniques.
- Knowledge of international quality standards such as JEDEC, AEC-Q101, reliability test to fail methods, and reliability test equipment.
- Strong data analysis skills (JMP, MATLAB, Minitab, etc.) with clear written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience working within GaN reliability in an industrial environment is highly advantageous.
- Knowledge of wafer fab processes and assembly preferred.

This is your department and colleagues:
Fueled by our goal to become one of the top players in the Power Discretes field with a large growth potential driven by the rapidly expanding markets, we are continuously expanding our talented and ambitious GaN team to grow into the next level. We are seeking open-minded, unconventional thinkers with a passion for problem-solving and the drive to make tomorrow’s vision today’s reality to join us on our fantastic GaN journey.

This is what Nexperia offers:

1. Remuneration & Reward - Competitive base salary, Annual Incentive Plan, excellent contributory pension scheme, recognition rewards scheme, income protection, 12 x salary life assurance, visa sponsorship and relocation assistance.
2. Health & Wellbeing - Hybrid working policy, 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, flexible benefits scheme, enhanced sick pay, on-site medical centre, subsidised canteen, employee assistance programme, retail and entertainment reductions, time off for charitable giving, and a variety of sports and social clubs.
3. Professional Development - Possibility for funded academic support up to PhD level, employee goal setting and development plans, huge growth potential both internally and globally within the business, the opportunity to contribute and work with cutting-edge technologies.
4. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Corporate members of Neurodiversity in Business, Disability Confident Employer, dedicated Employee Resource Groups for Women and Neuroinclusion, commitment to increase women in management positions to 30% by 2030.

Be Part of Something Bigger.
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