Senior Manager, Failure Analysis (FA)

Role Summary

As a Senior Manager, Failure Analysis (FA), you will provide strategic leadership for the FA organization and serve as the technical authority for failure analysis methodologies, defect learning, and yield enhancement initiatives across the fab. You will establish the long-term roadmap for FA capabilities, build organizational competency, and drive cross-functional efforts to support technology qualification, manufacturing ramp-up, yield improvement, and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall Failure Analysis function, including technical strategy, organizational development, operational excellence, and laboratory management.

• Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing FA organization comprising engineers, specialists, and managers.

• Drive complex failure analysis investigations for technology development, yield excursions, reliability failures, customer returns, and critical manufacturing issues.

• Partner with senior leadership across Manufacturing, Technology Development, Process Integration, Quality, Product Engineering, Reliability, and Customer Engineering to achieve Fab performance targets.

• Define and implement FA capability roadmaps, including advanced analytical techniques, new tool investments, automation, and digitalization initiatives.

• Establish best-in-class FA processes, metrics, governance, and operational standards to support high-volume manufacturing.

• Lead cross-functional task forces for critical yield excursions and customer-impacting issues, ensuring prompt containment and permanent corrective actions.

• Oversee annual budget planning, capital expenditure (CapEx) justification, laboratory expansion, and resource allocation.

• Develop strategic relationships with equipment suppliers, material vendors, and external analytical laboratories.

• Represent the FA organization during executive reviews, customer engagements, and technical audits.

• Drive knowledge management, technical competency development, and succession planning for the FA organization.

Education Qualification & Essential Experience

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related disciplines.

• Minimum 10 years of semiconductor industry experience, including substantial experience in Failure Analysis, Yield Engineering, Process Integration, Product Engineering, or Technology Development.

• Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience managing engineering teams in a semiconductor manufacturing environment.

• Proven track record in resolving complex semiconductor yield and reliability challenges within 200mm/300mm wafer fabs.

• Experience supporting technology ramp-up, high-volume manufacturing, and customer-facing failure investigations is highly desirable.

Key Skills and Attributes

• Recognized technical expert in semiconductor failure analysis and root-cause methodologies.

• Strong strategic leadership and organizational development capabilities.

• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across all organizational levels.

• Strong business acumen with experience in budget, resource, and project portfolio management.

• Ability to lead multiple high-priority initiatives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and executive reporting skills.