Senior Principal Foundry Engineer
NXP Semiconductors
Senior Principal Foundry Engineer
NXP Semiconductors
Automotive semiconductors and secure embedded solutions
Description: External Wafer Manufacturing team works with external foundries to ensure stable chip supply for business lines across NXP.
The primary responsibility of this role is to locally drive yield enhancement for lead products under new technology introduction (NTI), and within foundry process transfers and new fab enablement
More specifically:
- Develop yield monitoring methodologies, yield infrastructure to facilitate automated yield tracking and yield analysis
- Work with the NXP technology and product teams to develop overall yield enhancement strategies for products tied to new technology introductions.
- Assess yield enhancement needs across the corporation to determine where focus is needed to meet business goals. Strongly influence internal organizations and foundries to apply adequate resources to meet the identified needs, and drive proven yield enhancement methodologies across internal and external organizations.
- Interact with and drive foundries to enhance yield at targeted rate. Must understand process, device, design and test limitations for multiple products across multiple technology nodes.
- Generate and standardise yield enhancement Best Known Methods across different technology platforms.
- Closely interact with the NXP technology and product teams across the world, as well as with the semiconductor foundries in Asia to meet the corporate yield enhancement goals.
Requirements / Preferences: - Minimum M.S. in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline
- Minimum 10 years of semiconductor experience in yield enhancement or similar area
- Well verse in English and Chinese. This role involves regular interaction with Mandarin-speaking suppliers. Therefore, fluency in spoken Mandarin is required to facilitate effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
- Strong understanding of yield enhancement techniques and data analysis
- Strong understanding of failure analysis techniques
- Good understanding of SoC architecture and product test patterns
- Experience in setting yield management system, coding language, familiar with database structure will be a plus
NXP Competencies: - Action Oriented (Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm)
- Collaborates (Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives)
- Nimble Learning (Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems. Using both success and failure as learning opportunities)
Automotive semiconductors and secure embedded solutions
NXP Semiconductors designs and sells semiconductor chips for vehicles and other devices. Its products include automotive-grade microcontrollers and other ICs used in engines, infotainment, safety systems, and networked car architectures. These chips process data, run software, and enable features such as advanced driver assistance and vehicle connectivity, often with strong security and real-time performance. Unlike some peers, NXP became an independent company after Philips spun off its semiconductor unit in 2006 and later merged with Freescale in 2015, building a focused strength in automotive semiconductors and microcontrollers. This gives it a clear niche in the market and the goal of growing as a standalone leader in smarter, connected vehicles and related technologies.
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