Failure Analysis Engineer

Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

The position of Failure Analysis Engineer (f/m/d) will be responsible for planning and executing analysis requests on our semiconductor products. The individual will drive projects to improve our lab capabilities towards chip analytics and handle state-of-the-art equipment like microscopes, 3D-CT scanner, and SEM/FIB. The candidate will get intensive training on our unique and broad product portfolio.

About the job:

• You will be responsible for planning and executing analysis projects.

- The focus will be module module-level analysis.

- Secondary focus will lay on chip-level analysis.

• These FA analyses will be worked on within the given time constraints.
• As an Engineer, you will implement new equipment & processes to improve our lab capabilities.

- This includes planning and supervision of installation & qualification.

• You will communicate internally with Quality, R&D, FAE, and Process engineering to:

- Discuss analysis strategies.

- Present FA results.

• In the FA team, you will provide technical leadership in product as well as in equipment-related topics.

About you:

• University degree in Engineering: Materials science, Electrical or Physics, Electronics, Chemical, Mechanical, or comparable.
• 0-1 year of experience in quality or process (ideally in semiconductor failure
• analysis)
• Strong analytical skills
• Good communication skills within the organization
• Very good knowledge of English, both written and spoken
• Confident handling of MS-Office applications
• Detail-oriented and team-oriented way of working.
• Strive for excellence and focus on customer needs.
• Beneficial is experience in the following fields: Optical microscopy, electrical characterization, XRAY, SEM, EDX, FIB, SRP, CSAM, Hot Spot (OBIRCH, ELITE), chemical decapsulation.

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise.

Our Core Values – Respect, Customer Focus, Agility, Collaboration – support us in our mission to improve the safety, reliability, and performance of our customers’ products that use electrical energy.

 We are an equal-opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.

 We offer a variety of benefits, competitive salary, bonuses, flexible working hours, remote working as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.

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