This position is associated with the sale of Intel's NAND memory and storage business to SK hynix (You can read more about the transaction in the press release: https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/10/nand-memory-news-q-a.pdf). The transaction will enhance the resources and potential of the business' storage solutions, including client and enterprise SSDs, in the rapidly growing NAND Flash space amid the era of big data.

This is an exciting time to be at Intel. Come join our NAND team as a Product Development Engineer and work on one of the most advanced 3DNAND and SSD technology portfolios in the world. As the global leader in the semiconductor industry, Intel possesses many industry leading SSD technologies including the most capable Quadruple Level Cell (QLC) NAND Flash products. As a Product Development Engineer, you will be part of a world-class team that will transition to lead the SSD business at SK hynix.

This position aligns to Phase 2 of the transaction, which includes NAND technology and component development along with fab operations. Employees aligned to Phase 2 will continue to be employed by Intel and will continue to develop NAND technology and components and manufacture NAND wafers at the fab. Phase 2 of the transaction is expected to close in March 2025, at which time employees aligned to this phase of the transaction will transition employment to SK hynix.

This position gives a unique opportunity for the candidate to showcase leadership, hardware, software, and data analysis skills. The candidate will be part of a dynamic team and a unique work culture. This is a high impact role, with a broad scope where the candidate will have clear ownership, accountability, and the deliverables will have direct visibility and impact to overall business.

Responsible for:

• Ensuring the testability and manufacturability of integrated circuits from the component feasibility stage through production ramp.
• Make significant contributions to design, development, and validation of testability circuits.
• Evaluate, develop, and debug complex test methods.
• Develop and debug complex software programs to convert design validation vectors and drive complex test equipment.
• Create and test validation and production test hardware solutions.
• Test, validate, modify, and redesign circuits to guarantee component margin to specification.
• Analyze and evaluate component specification versus performance to ensure optimal match of component requirements with production equipment capability with specific emphasis on yield analysis and bin split capability.
• Analyze early customer returns with emphasis on driving test hole closure activities.
• Create and apply concepts for optimizing component production relative to both quality and cost constraints.
• Autonomously plan and schedule own daily tasks, developing solutions to problems utilizing formal education and judgment.

Qualifications

You must possess the following minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or similar discipline
• 3+ years of experience working on nonvolatile memory component as a Product Engineer Staff Engineer Product QRE or in High Volume Test
• 3+ years of experience in memory test or device characterization

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Microsoft Excel JMP and Python
• Experience in NAND Flash Memory architecture and NAND erase program and read algorithms
• Experience in Electrical Failure Analysis identifying root cause of the problems and developing counter measures
• Experience in NAND Flash quality reliability mechanisms and NAND device physics
• Experience in NAND Flash wafer and component level testing and yield improvement
• Experience in NAND Flash to system integration

Non-Volatile Solutions Memory Group:  The Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group is a worldwide organization that delivers NAND flash memory products for use in Solid State Drives (SSDs), portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and other devices.  The group is responsible for NVM technology design and development, complete Solid State Drive (SSD) system hardware and firmware development, as well as wafer and SSD manufacturing.

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