Senior Principal Design Engineer

About the role:

The experienced candidate with suitable skills is required to carry out key tasks and to meet the deadline of the project. The successful candidate will work with a high-power chip technology development team to design and develop state-of-the-art technology and deliver world-class high-power chips on the market.

What you will do:

• Responsible for building a technology platform for power device (IGBT/FRD) design and new technology development to meet customer requirements in a manufacturable and cost-effective way

• Responsible for improving the device's overall performance for the existing products, in particular, improving the device's reliability and robustness

• Performing TCAD process and device simulations, and layout design

• Creating and maintaining design rules and generation rules when required using controlled procedures

• Responsible for engineering device tests (static, dynamic, reliability, etc) and data analysis, part of manual testing might be involved

• Responsible to guide and work with chip and other function teams to meet timely deliveries

• Train and advance the skills of existing technical employees to expand their capability and responsibility

• Experience of IGBT design for EV/HEV application preferred

• Encourage and manage the process of producing technical publications and invention patents

What you will need:

Hard Skills:

• Hand-on experience in power device design and technology development, fine geometry trench and thin wafer technology is necessary, 12” experience is a plus

• Proficiency in TCAD process and device simulation

• Understanding of power device physics, fabrication and characterization principles

• Knowledge and experience in design for reliability and robustness of power devices

• Ability to address design and engineering issues and to provide suitable solutions

• More than 8 years of working experience in IGBT (or FRD) design and/or processing

• Proficient in reading English literature and writing in English

Soft Skills:

• Leadership skills in building and leading project teams in a global, intercultural environment– “exemplified engagement”

• Master’s degree or above, major in Microelectronics or semiconductor-related

• Good Communication skills in both oral and written English

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