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Senior Manager, IC Reliability
Location: San Jose
As the Senior Manager, IC Reliability, you will be a critical leader in ensuring the reliability and robustness of our complex optical and mixed-signal ASIC/chiplet products. You will leverage your extensive experience in semiconductor reliability, particularly within optical and mixed-signal technologies, to establish and drive a comprehensive reliability strategy for high-volume manufacturing. You will collaborate closely with design, process, and test teams to predict, evaluate, and produce exceptionally reliable products. This is a unique opportunity to shape the reliability culture of a fast-paced startup and contribute to its long-term success.
Essential Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership:
Note To Recruiters
Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don’t send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.
About Ayar Labs
At Ayar Labs we’re about to revolutionize computing by moving data with light. We’re unleashing processing power for artificial intelligence, high performance computing, cloud and telecommunications by removing the bottlenecks created by today’s electrical I/O -- making it possible to continue scaling computing system performance. Ayar Labs is the first to deliver an optical I/O solution that combines in-package optical I/O chiplets and multi-wavelength remote light sources to replace traditional electrical I/O. This silicon photonics-based I/O solution enables chips to communicate with each other from millimeters to kilometers, to deliver orders of magnitude improvements in latency, bandwidth density, and power consumption.
With our strong collaborations with industry leaders and government, our deep ties to MIT and UC Berkeley, and our commitment to hiring the best engineers in photonics and electronics, joining our team gives you the opportunity to collaborate with renowned experts on challenging, paradigm-shifting work.
We are passionate about delivering in-package optical I/O at scale, leveraging the strength of our patent portfolio and our team of leading interdisciplinary experts. We believe that deep cross-collaboration between teams facilitated by honest, open debate is the best way to drive innovation and achieve big wins. Join our team and experience the possibilities.
Resources
Executives from Intel and GLOBALFOUNDRIES share their thoughts on Ayar Labs and the promise of in-package optical I/O (video)
Ayar Labs in the News and Recent announcements
LinkedIn and Twitter
Ayar Labs is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, creed, gender, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.
#veteranswelcome
Location: San Jose
As the Senior Manager, IC Reliability, you will be a critical leader in ensuring the reliability and robustness of our complex optical and mixed-signal ASIC/chiplet products. You will leverage your extensive experience in semiconductor reliability, particularly within optical and mixed-signal technologies, to establish and drive a comprehensive reliability strategy for high-volume manufacturing. You will collaborate closely with design, process, and test teams to predict, evaluate, and produce exceptionally reliable products. This is a unique opportunity to shape the reliability culture of a fast-paced startup and contribute to its long-term success.
Essential Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership:
- Develop and implement a comprehensive reliability strategy for optical and mixed-signal ASIC/chiplet products, encompassing design, process, test, and manufacturing
- Establish reliability goals, metrics, and standards aligned with product requirements and high-volume manufacturing expectations
- Lead the reliability team, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and fostering a culture of excellence
- Forecast reliability risks, and create mitigation plans
- Establish and maintain a reliability roadmap, anticipating future technology and product trends
- Work closely with the design team to understand product requirements and identify potential reliability risks early in the design phase
- Provide expertise on reliability-driven design methodologies, including stress analysis, thermal modeling, and electromigration analysis
- Contribute to the development of design guidelines and best practices for reliability
- Review and approve design documentation, ensuring compliance with reliability standards
- Leverage extensive foundry experience to assess process reliability and identify potential manufacturing challenges
- Collaborate with foundries to optimize process parameters for improved reliability
- Develop and implement reliability testing strategies for process qualification and monitoring
- Analyze failure mechanisms and provide feedback to foundries for process improvements
- Reliability Testing and Analysis
- Design and execute comprehensive reliability tests, including accelerated life testing, environmental stress testing, and failure analysis
- Develop and implement advanced reliability modeling and simulation techniques
- Perform root cause analysis of failures and implement corrective actions
- Utilize statistical analysis to assess reliability performance and predict product lifetime
- Manage and maintain reliability testing equipment and facilities
- Establish reliability monitoring and control systems for high-volume manufacturing
- Develop and implement reliability screening and burn-in procedures
- Collaborate with manufacturing teams to optimize yield and reduce defects
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations for high-volume manufacturing
- Build and lead a high-performing reliability team
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering their technical expertise and career growth
- Manage team resources and budget effectively
- Promote a collaborative and innovative team environment
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related field. PhD preferred
- 10 years of experience in semiconductor reliability, with a focus on optical and mixed-signal ASIC/chiplet technologies
- Extensive experience working with foundries and managing process reliability
- Deep understanding of semiconductor physics, failure mechanisms, and reliability testing methodologies
- Proven track record of developing and implementing successful reliability strategies for high-volume manufacturing
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience with reliability modeling and simulation tools (e.g., ANSYS, ReliaSoft)
- Knowledge of industry standards and regulations (e.g., JEDEC, AEC-Q100)
- Experience with statistical analysis tools (e.g., JMP, Minitab)
- Experience with advanced packaging technologies (e.g., 2.5D/3D)
- Experience with optical device reliability
- Experience with high speed SerDes reliability
Note To Recruiters
Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don’t send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.
About Ayar Labs
At Ayar Labs we’re about to revolutionize computing by moving data with light. We’re unleashing processing power for artificial intelligence, high performance computing, cloud and telecommunications by removing the bottlenecks created by today’s electrical I/O -- making it possible to continue scaling computing system performance. Ayar Labs is the first to deliver an optical I/O solution that combines in-package optical I/O chiplets and multi-wavelength remote light sources to replace traditional electrical I/O. This silicon photonics-based I/O solution enables chips to communicate with each other from millimeters to kilometers, to deliver orders of magnitude improvements in latency, bandwidth density, and power consumption.
With our strong collaborations with industry leaders and government, our deep ties to MIT and UC Berkeley, and our commitment to hiring the best engineers in photonics and electronics, joining our team gives you the opportunity to collaborate with renowned experts on challenging, paradigm-shifting work.
We are passionate about delivering in-package optical I/O at scale, leveraging the strength of our patent portfolio and our team of leading interdisciplinary experts. We believe that deep cross-collaboration between teams facilitated by honest, open debate is the best way to drive innovation and achieve big wins. Join our team and experience the possibilities.
Resources
Executives from Intel and GLOBALFOUNDRIES share their thoughts on Ayar Labs and the promise of in-package optical I/O (video)
Ayar Labs in the News and Recent announcements
LinkedIn and Twitter
Ayar Labs is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, creed, gender, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.
#veteranswelcome
Salary : $157,000 - $223,000
