Yield Defect Density Engineer

**Company**: RF360 Singapore Pte., Ltd.

**Job Area**: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

**General Summary**:
**Job Scope**
- ** Process Owner of Final Inspection and AOI (Automatic Optical Inspection).**:

- ** Train Process Technician and support 24/7 wafer fab operator team.**:

- ** Operate defect inspection tools (AOI and microscopes).**:

- ** Create and optimize recipes for all defect inspection tool types.**:

- ** Investigate and dispose low yield wafer lots.**:

- ** Analyse inline defect data from inspection and SEM review tools.**:

- ** Troubleshoot and shutdown affected process tools based on data analysis.**:

- ** Support process modules and yield engineering for inline defect support.**:

- ** Integrate defect data into yield enhancement software.**:
**Responsibilities**:

- ** Perform comprehensive wafer scrap analysis, identify root causes for defect low yield and drive Operations for improvements.**:

- ** Feedback and work closely with process modules on process-related low yield issues so as to come up with effective containment and corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence.**:

- ** Lead quality investigations and continuous improvement programs to resolve chronic process and quality issues, and institute permanent resolutions to assure product quality and enhance process robustness.**:

- ** Identify potential frontend fab process steps/areas as opportunities for baseline defect improvement and work closely with process/equipment engineers via various yield improvement projects.**:

- ** Guide process technicians in problem solving and analysis.**:

- ** Take accountability of work and possesses strong sense of responsibility.**:

- ** Provide process, failure and yield analyses and defect review trainings to all technicians to build up their technical competencies.**:

- ** Contribute lessons learnt into knowledge base for sustainability.**:
**KPI / Expectations**
- ** Meet the KPI targets for output, scraps, quality and costs.**:

- ** Effective execution of tasks to achieve overall FE yield target.**:

- ** Achieve minimum quality excursions affecting backend.**:

- ** Zero customer returns attributed to FE.**:

- ** Provide timely feedback on low yield / quality issues with analysis / investigation report and summary of root cause & recommended actions to Operations within 5 working days.**:

- ** Zero tolerance for CSR, EHS, ESD, 5S requirement and cleanroom protocol.**:
**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

**Preferred Qualifications / Experience**:

- ** At least a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.**:

- ** Experience in high volume manufacturing of electronics components in an MNC or semi-conductor industry.**:

- ** Direct working experience in wafer fab process integration will be added advantage.**:

- ** Possess strong technical competencies in his field of study.**:

- ** Able to work under pressure and with strong commitment at work.**:

- ** Possess SQL capability**:

- ** Good knowledge of statistical and quality tools.**:
**Skills, Abilities & Knowledge**:

- ** Knowledge on defect engineering with defect review experience.**:

- ** Strong organizational, communications, and interpersonal skills.**:

- ** Systematic troubleshooting and problem solving skills using DMAIC, cause-and
- effect, 5Whys analysis, KT tools, etc.**:

- ** Application of quality and SPC tools at work - FMEA, DOE, SPC, etc.**:

- ** Dynamic, resourceful, creative, innovative and self-driven.**:

- ** Manage changes effectively.**:
**Level of Responsibility**:

- **Works under supervision.**:

- ** Decision-making affects direct area of work and/or work group.**:

- **Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine factual information.**:

- **Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.**

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