Electrical Engineer, Silicon Reliability Test (Starlink) Verified today
About the role
As an electrical engineer on the Starlink silicon reliability team, you'll sit at the intersection of electrical, packaging, semiconductor, and manufacturing engineering. You will be responsible for package-level and wafer-level reliability testing, root cause of silicon and packaging failures, and driving design and process changes to improve microelectronics reliability across Starlink devices.
What you will do
- Own package-level (HTOL, LTOL) and wafer-level (TDDB, ECM) reliability qualification and testing of new silicon designs and manufacturing technologies for high-volume production
- Plan, develop, execute, and analyze reliability test campaigns aligned with JEDEC and related standards
- Develop and procure custom test hardware, fixturing, burn-in boards, and environmental chambers/systems
- Design and develop PCBs and electrical interfaces for reliability test fixtures, sockets, and monitoring systems
- Develop software, automation scripts, and data acquisition tools (e.g. Python) to control test equipment, log telemetry, perform real-time monitoring, and analyze large reliability datasets
- Perform hands-on debugging and electrical characterization to drive root cause and corrective action of silicon, package, and interconnect failures
- Utilize advanced diagnostic and test tools (oscilloscopes, power supplies, vector network analyzers, custom firmware/scripts, thermal chambers) to characterize devices under stress and isolate failure mechanisms
- Run reliability failure investigations, coordinating efforts across silicon design, packaging, manufacturing, and reliability teams
- Analyze reliability data (Weibull, acceleration models) to predict field performance, document failure modes, and drive design/process improvements
- Partner with design, packaging, software, test, and manufacturing engineering teams to deliver reliable silicon hardware
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, or other engineering discipline
Preferred experience
- 1+ years of experience in semiconductor reliability, packaging reliability, consumer electronics, aerospace, automotive, or similar high-reliability industry
- Masters degree or PhD in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, or a related field with a focus on semiconductors, characterization, or test
- Hands-on experience with HTOL or other accelerated life tests for packages or TDDB, EM, HCI, and other wafer-level tests
- Experience developing or procuring custom test hardware, burn-in boards, sockets, or fixturing for reliability testing
- Experience designing PCBs for test fixtures or high-reliability applications
- Familiarity with programming and automation/scripting languages (Python preferred; C++, SQL, or similar)
- Proficiency in understanding PCB schematics, layout tools, and electrical interfaces for semiconductor packages
- Knowledge of JEDEC (JESD22), AEC-Q200/AEC-Q100, MIL-STD-202/883, IPC, or related reliability standards and physics-of-failure methods
- Experience in a fast-paced, iterative design/manufacturing environment within semiconductor, consumer electronics, aerospace, automotive, or related industries
Additional information
- Ability to work overtime and weekends as needed
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorization from the U.S. Department of State to conform to export regulations