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Silicon Failure Analysis Lead

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San Diego, CA$192k - $278kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.

Responsibilities

  • Drive yield, reliability, and return merchandise authorization (RMA) failure analysis through fault isolation and physical failure analysis.
  • Lead systematic efforts to eliminate yield detractors, accelerate yield ramps, reduce defective parts per million (DPPM), and lower operational costs.
  • Collaborate with external foundry partners and OSATs to align and enable upstream and downstream yield learning.
  • Deliver investigative insights back to design and layout teams to support robust Design for Yield (DFY) practices and manufacturing ramps.
  • Oversee the operational readiness and safety compliance of the regional failure analysis laboratories.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in SoC (System on Chip) Failure Analysis.
  • Experience operating failure analysis equipment for performing Electrical Fault Isolation (EFI) and using Automated Test Equipment (ATE) with data from Design for Test (DFT) diagnosis tools.

Skills

Required:Electrical Fault Isolation (EFI)Automated Test Equipment (ATE)

Benefits

  • Learn more about [benefits at Google](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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