Graduate Talent (PQE SiD PFA) - Penang, Malaysia
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Product Failure Analysis Engineer, you will identify and resolve product issues to enhance performance, quality, and reliability for Intel products, including CPUs, SoCs, and AI interface graphic platforms.
What you'll do
- Perform failure analysis and root cause investigation on Intel products.
- Conduct failure analyses to identify defects and recommend corrective actions to design, fab, assembly, and test teams.
- Develop and refine failure analysis methodologies, tools, and processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement process improvements and innovative solutions.
- Maintain and optimize Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and control plans throughout product lifecycles.
- Support new product launches, enabling technology transfers and toolset improvements.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master degree in Electrical and Electronics, Physics, Microelectronics Engineering, or a related field.
- 0-1 years of hands-on experience in failure analysis, device physics, or wafer fabrication processes.
- Proficiency in technical areas such as failure analysis techniques, circuit analysis, and layout analysis.
Skills: failure analysis, root cause investigation, defects, FMEA, circuit analysis
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 42-day median for Failure Analysis Engineering roles.
Failure Analysis Engineering · Failure Analysis
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Open roles in category
196
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Median days open
42 d
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Median salary
$114k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (196 roles · 39 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 196 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 175 | 9479 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 34 d | 42 d (−8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $114k |
Skills observed across this category: failure analysis, root cause investigation, defects, FMEA, circuit analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 33 open roles · median 83 d
- Lam Research · 16 open roles · median 34 d
- GlobalFoundries · 15 open roles · median 1 d
- AMD · 13 open roles · median 61 d
- Infineon Technologies · 12 open roles · median 54 d
- Intel Corporation (this employer) · 10 open roles · median 36 d
How we counted: 196 open Failure Analysis Engineering (Failure Analysis) roles from 39 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.