Senior Microelectronics Engineer

Senior Microelectronics Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in lieu of degree
• 10 years of previous work experience working in the semiconductor industry
• Ability to obtain and maintain USG Secret clearance
• Demonstrated ability to conduct research in emerging semiconductor technologies, including artificial intelligence
• Possess a strong understanding of both legal and technical aspects of patents
• Ability to write technical white papers and research papers
• Self-motivated with excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in fast-paced, challenging environment
• Ability to support in-office visits and local travel, as required, possibly with short notice.
• Must live within a reasonable distance of the San Jose area

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in evaluating materials, hardware, and semiconductor components to identify supply chain vulnerabilities and provide mitigations to minimize risks.
• Identify threats to the supply chain to include cost volatility, material shortages, supplier financial issues, and failures and natural man-made disaster to help an organization foresee potential issues.
• Evaluate hardware/semiconductor parts to their raw materials in order to identify supply chain vulnerabilities.
• Research may include strategic planning and analysis; demand and capacity analysis; economic analysis; regulatory analysis; safety and risk analysis; system operation performance analysis; and information analysis.
• Conduct patent research as it pertains to art searches, drafting, and prosecuting patent applications.
• Provide guidance on patentability and infringement issues.
• Provide research and technical guidance on supply chain threats including cybersecurity threats, fraud, company profiling, and counterfeit parts for avoidance.
• Provide technical guidance to team on raw material usage, semiconductor fabrication process, packaging and any other technical guidance as necessary.
• Provide insightful, well-researched analysis of key analytic findings and guidance to clients with regard to supply chain risk mitigation.
• Participate as member of client’s analytical working group.
• Provide on-site client support, including but not limited to client inquiries, requests for ad hoc reporting, miscellaneous research, and advice on analytic methods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters or Doctoral degree
• Experience building relationships with suppliers and interfacing when necessary
• Experience working in fabrication or back-end systems for semiconductor companies
• Previous experience serving as a technical and risk assessment owner for supplier changes impacting raw materials
• Active Secret Security Clearance