Director Semiconductor Reliability and Failure Analysis

We are seeking great talent to help us build The DNA of tech.®

Vishay manufactures one of the world’s largest portfolios of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components that are essential to innovative designs in the automotive, industrial, computing, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, and medical markets. We help the world’s most in-demand technologies come to life. Every day our products touch your life and the lives of people across the world, though you likely do not know it.

Come join us and help us build The DNA of tech.™

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is a Fortune 1,000 Company listed on the NYSE (VSH).

Do you want to help us build the DNA of tech.? Vishay is currently seeking applicants for Global Director of Quality Reliability and Failure Analysis.

You will be responsible for directing the global product quality and reliability team at the division level to ensure we develop, implement, and maintain best-in-class reliability and FA activities for Discrete Si, SiC and power ICs. Handles technical investigative actions for highly complex customer issues or highly complex product qualification issues. Defines and specifies the implementation of standards, methods, and procedures for product quality and reliability of Division products.

Participates in the reviewing of engineering designs to contribute quality and reliability requirements and considerations. Directs the assistance of product support areas in gathering and analyzing data. Selects, develops, and evaluates global Division Reliability and FA personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. Direct SiC reliability and failure analysis are preferred.

The global position will be filled within our Vishay offices in San Jose, CA.

• Oversee the Global Reliability and Failure Analysis function to implement quality systems, guidelines, plans and policies to effectively ensure the highest quality and reliability of the company’s products.
• Support key customer issues to achieve quality standards, systems and objectives utilizing appropriate procedures and cost savings methods.
• Participate in the reviewing of engineering designs with R&D and Engineering group to contribute quality and reliability requirements and considerations. This includes working with R&D design team to assess reliability and burn-in for new technology platforms and new products

• Direct the assistance of product support areas in gathering and analyzing data.
• Select and manage appropriate global subordinate reliability and FA management group to ensure smooth coverage of quality and reliability functions.
• Represent MOSFET division in industry community such as JEDEC and AECQ
• Continue building internal Reliability and FA best-in-class standard and practice with respect to new materials or new technologies

• Design and drive the enablement of world-class Quality and Reliability requirements for wide-bandgap (SiC) power product release to the market, that meet both industry standards (JEDEC and AEC) and customer requirements
• Establish the industry best-in-class methodology to test and to characterize SiC power semiconductor devices to understand their reliability and failure mechanisms during R&D, Transfer (New Product Introduction or NPI) and High-Volume-Manufacturing (HVM).
• Design experiments and co-ordinate statistical studies to determine device reliability, for example gate oxide lifetime marathon test, time-dependent dielectric breakdown.
• Lead and collaborate with R&D, Engineering and Operation in establishing screening and burn-in procedures for SiC power devices to meet product quality requirements, to comply to industry requirement (JEDEC and AEC) and to meet specifics customer requirements…