Full Job Description
Silicon Packaging Engineer
Responsibilities
Perform package design for AI/ML and networking applications custom Si with single-chip/multi-chip and SiP/module packaging, design feasibility studies and analyses to ensure good manufacturing at ODM
• Lead development of next-generation advanced packaging technologies from concept to product, including test vehicle definition and building with ecosystem partners
• Work with internal Si, architecture and system teams, and externally with engaged partners, ODM, design houses and OSAT companies
• Perform design analysis and what-if scenarios for novel packaging schemes such as 2.5D/3D and heterogeneous integration to improve package form factor for next-generation versions of current products
• Influence ASIC vendors, foundry, ODM and OSAT partners' roadmaps and align with Meta ASIC roadmaps for the development of advanced packaging technologies (SMT, solder ball attach, and other assembly process)
• Participate early in Si/package/PCB/system co-design and ODM SMT manufacturing work in product development design reviews, providing feedback on manufacturability and helping incorporate the latest technology advancements and design rules
• Create, conduct and analyze Design of Experiments (DOE) for development and sustaining activities
• Work cross-functionally with design, NPI, quality and reliability, and manufacturing teams, and support new technology integration into products
• Support selection and qualification of external partners (ODM, OEM, OSAT)
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of packaging technology into product development cycles
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in advanced packaging technologies and market trends
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies with potential for future applications
• Ability to travel internationally, typically once per quarter
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Master's degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of experience in semiconductor packaging with direct ownership of advanced packaging development and assembly process and manufacturing
• In-depth knowledge of flip chip, 2.5D and 3D packaging technologies
• Experience taking products from concept to production, including development of manufacturing specifications, vendor qualifications, and improvement of manufacturing efficiencies and costs
• Experience communicating technical packaging decisions in writing and in reviews to cross-functional engineering and manufacturing stakeholders
• Experience working effectively with cross-functional teams
• Willingness to travel internationally, typically once per quarter
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience working with ODM, assembly packaging, OSAT, and foundry partners
• Knowledge of packaging and assembly industry standards
• Proven understanding of fanout advanced packaging technologies
• Hands-on experience in interposer or fanout package design for both organic and inorganic interposer with or without bridges such as CoWoS-L, CoWoS-R, EMIB, embedded fanout bridge from OSAT
• Proven technical understanding of the full range of semiconductor packaging design, SMT processes, PCB design and layout tools, failure mechanisms and analytical techniques
• In-depth knowledge of 2.5D and 3D packaging technologies, including silicon interposers, TSVs, and microbumps and advanced packages interaction with board-assembly constraints
• Master's degree or PhD in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline