Failure Analysis Engineer Cover Letter

Please consider me for the failure analysis engineer opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for results from, failure analysis techniques such as wet and dry chemistry processing and a host of other analytical tools.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Solid understanding of semiconductor device fundamentals and electrical, electronics, firmware, and system engineering
• Solid knowledge of semiconductor device physics (CMOS, hi-voltage and mixed signal analog/digital)
• Minimum of 6 months experience with Programming Python, IDL, LabView, C, MATLAB
• Minimum of 12 months experience with Physics
• Should be well versed in troubleshooting and analyzing SSDs & PCIe products
• Hands-on knowledge and understanding of Failure Analysis procedures
• Hands-on experience with lab equipments (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, protocol analyzer)
• Familiarity with SAS, PCIe standards

In response to your job posting for failure analysis engineer, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for first and basic second level analysis physical and electrical failure analysis such as X-ray, Scanning Acoustic Microscope (SAM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Elemental Disperse X-ray (EDX), optical inspection, decapping, deprocessing, cross-sectioning, basic electrical test verification through ATE, curve tracer, and bench testing, and desoldering and soldering of components.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• An understanding of NAND memory operation
• An understanding of firmware operation
• Familiarity with Windows, Linux and Mac OS
• An understanding of computer storage operation and interface standards such as SATA, SAS, PCIe, or Fibre Channel
• Be part of the package qualification support by providing package integrity analysis
• Perform physical failure analysisusing techniques such as SEM/EDX/SAM/bond strength testers
• Perform wet and dry chemical package preparation process
• Participate in new failure analysis techniques development and evaluation of new techniques

I am excited to be applying for the position of failure analysis engineer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for electrical / mechanical engineering technical expertise to develop, manage and implement project test plans involving component failure analysis.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Basic understanding of volatile and non-volatile memory architectures such as SRAM/ DRAM/ FLASH
• Fluent in C/C++ and a high level scripting language (Python preferred)
• Understanding of Physics of Microelectronics Devices
• Object oriented software engineering experience
• Demonstrated expertise using common device characterization equipment, B1500 semiconductor parametric analyzer
• System triage and analytical debug skills to be able to identify HW vs
• Advanced knowledge in electronics
• Advanced PC skills, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word and Powerpoint) and e-mail

I would like to submit my application for the failure analysis engineer opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for device-level failure analysis on dysfunctional units to confirm the failure mode through electrical verification and physical evaluation.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Technical experience in hardware system failure analysis/debug or in hardware design - Advantage
• Demonstrated experience or in-depth knowledge of advanced analytical tools, including HRTEM, STEM, EDS, FIB, and SEM applied to Si-based substrate
• Thorough and effective analysis of failures for customer quality, yield improvement, technology development and operations
• Visual inspection and doc returned products
• Failure with EDA tool working environment
• Good technical / analytical and statistical and problem-solving skills
• Good computer skills MS Office and familiar with reports / presentations
• Fast learning capable of independent work or as a team

Please consider me for the failure analysis engineer opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for electrical and physical failure analysis support of customer returns, product qualifications, and reliability monitoring fails.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Bachelor or Master in Material, Mechanical, Computer, Electrical Engineering
• Added Advantages
• Ph.D in Physical Science or Materials Science with focus on electron microscopy and microanalysis
• Hands-on electronic device level failure analysis, project management
• Working knowledge of magnetic recording technology, data storage technology, magnetic materials, semiconductor materials and materials processing
• Focused ion beam technology, surface analysis, and chemical analysis
• Experience in MatLab, JMP, FEI, JEOL, Gatan, Oxford, Bruker, 3D tomography
• Occasional travel to address technical issues