Quality Engineer — Failure Analysis

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.

If you are a highly motivated and performance driven individual with strong engineering curiosity, Littelfuse has a career opportunity for you as a Quality Engineer II at our Beverly, MA site. The Quality Engineer — Failure Analysis will start his/her career at Littelfuse focusing on failure analysis for semiconductor IC parts to determine the failure root cause, assessing product reliability, and completing qualification on new and improved products. The position is full time on site.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for FA (Failure Analysis), Qualification Testing and Reliability Monitoring for semiconductor devices, including but not limited to high voltage, analog and mixed signal ICs, and optically isolated devices.

• Conduct testing on customer field failure samples with visual and/or microscopic inspection and photo-documentation, automated test equipment (ATE) testing, bench electrical characterization, x-ray, chemical/laser decapsulation, thermal characterization and other FA techniques to investigate root cause of customer field failures. Work with external labs when advanced FA technique is required.

• Perform investigation triage and deep dive investigations to develop hypothesis for failure. Trouble shoot new failure modes. Responsible for completing FA report within a tight time frame.

• Conduct qualification and reliability testing to qualify new and improved products and monitor reliability for existing products. Responsible for completing qualification report.

• As the owner of the site FA lab, responsible for lab organization, equipment safe operations, maintenance and calibration, operating procedure creation and training, and continuous improvements for the testing techniques.

• Support ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 compliance audits and internal audits, and other Quality programs.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering is required. Master’s degree in electrical engineering is a plus.

• One or more years of relevant experience are required. Experience with failure analysis and/or bench electronic testing equipment is preferred.

• Experience with semiconductor IC product design, application, manufacturing, and reliability, familiarity with industry standards (JEDEC, AEC), experience with quality control principles, methodologies, and continuous improvement mindset are all considered a plus.

• Exceptional technical analysis skills, strong attention to details, organization skills and effective communication skills are required.

• Must be able to successfully handle multiple high priority projects, deliver results and meet the deadlines.

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, as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.