Principal Foundry Engineer

## Principal Foundry Engineer Apply:
Austin, TX:
California - Remote:
Full time:
Posted 2 Days Ago:
R-103272#
** Lattice Overview
** There is energy here...energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations. It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers. Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry.

Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality.

Energy feeds on energy. If you flourish in a fast paced, results-oriented environment, if you want to achieve individual success within a “team first” organization, and if you believe you can contribute and succeed in a demanding yet collegial atmosphere, then Lattice may well be just what you’re looking for.
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* Job Description:

**** About the Role
** Lattice Semiconductor is seeking a
** Staff/Principal Foundry Engineer
** to lead and manage the transfer and qualification of our products on Samsung 28

FDS FD-SOI process technology. This role requires strong semiconductor process knowledge, device physics understanding, and the ability to drive cross-functional programs across Lattice internal teams. The ideal candidate operates with a high degree of autonomy, will serve as the primary interface between Lattice's distributed foundry engineering teams (US and Taiwan) and Samsung's Austin fab, ensuring process quality, yield, and reliability standards are met.
** Key Responsibilities*
* *** Foundry Engagement & Program Management**
* * Lead technical engagement with Samsung Austin (primary) and Samsung Korea teams; coordinate with Lattice foundry engineers across US and Taiwan sites
* Drive foundry suppliers to meet company yield, quality, and reliability goals
* Define and maintain program plans, milestone trackers, and risk registers across transfer and sustaining phases
* Provide clear, concise status reporting to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
* Travel regularly to Samsung Austin fab  
*** Process Transfer & Product Qualification**
* * Own end-to-end process transfer and qualification, including baseline qualification, process corner validation, and PVT characterization
* Lead product qualification activities in collaboration with the Reliability team
* Drive lot starts, wafer splits, and process window experiments; perform WAT analysis to validate process baselines
* Evaluate and qualify Samsung-initiated process changes, material substitutions, or equipment updates for product impact
* Support new product ramp-up activities to volume production  
*** Yield Engineering & Sustaining**
* * Own post-transfer sustaining activities including yield improvement, process window optimization, and SPC monitoring on production silicon
* Analyze WAT, inline, and final test data to identify process drift, yield loss mechanisms, and reliability risks; drive root cause and corrective action with Samsung process owners
* Perform product process corner and design window studies to optimize process targets
* Collaborate with Design, Product Test, and Failure Analysis teams to debug and root cause systematic yield issues  
*** Failure Analysis & Quality**
* * Coordinate failure analysis efforts across internal teams and Samsung FA resources
* Perform product failure diagnosis for yield debug and failure localization, including bitmap analysis
* Support customer-facing quality escalations including 8D and CAR responses  
*** Data Analysis & Reporting**
* * Apply advanced analytics and statistical…