{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"9ec95bc73fdcfa611bb0bee2","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9ec95bc73fdcfa611bb0bee2","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9ec95bc73fdcfa611bb0bee2","title":"Silicon Reverse Engineer","description":"Employment Type: Full-Time\n\nWork Setting: Hybrid\n\nWork Location: Hillsboro, Oregon, United StatesWork Hours: Office hours\n\nFind out more here: https://semianalysis.com\n\nPosition Overview\nSemiAnalysis is the leading independent research firm in semiconductors and AI. STEEL is our teardown and characterization lab in Hillsboro, Oregon. We take apart the most advanced AI and datacenter hardware, rack to transistor, and produce detailed insights on how it is built, how it compares, and why. GPUs, custom accelerators, CPUs, HBM, networking silicon, advanced packaging, every leading vendor and foundry. You will engage directly with technical experts across the industry and guide competitive analysis, design, and manufacturing decisions.\n\nThis posting covers every technical role in the lab, all experience levels. Industry engagement, conference attendance, and networking are both an expectation and an opportunity.\n\nWe have need and opportunity at every layer: from transistor‑level process analysis to packaging and interconnects to floorplan and system architecture and integration. The stronger you deliver, the stronger your influence across the industry.\n\nOne deep area is a strong application. Genuine excellence in a single area below is enough. Apply.\n\nExample Areas of Expertise\n\nProcess integration, FEOL or BEOL, at leading-edge nodes\n\nAdvanced packaging: 2.5D/3D integration, hybrid bonding, high-speed interconnect\n\nIC layout and physical design: floorplans, standard cells, P&R, custom/analog\n\nCPU, GPU, and accelerator architecture and microarchitecture\n\nMemory: HBM, DRAM, NAND, and their controllers\n\nAnalog/mixed-signal: SerDes, PLLs, PHYs, power management\n\nFailure analysis and fault isolation: FIB, nanoprobing, emission microscopy\n\nElectron microscopy and materials characterization: SEM, TEM/STEM, EDS/EELS, SIMS/XPS\n\nBoard, system, and power delivery design\n\nSilicon bring‑up, validation, and debug\n\nCost modeling and competitive analysis\n\nThe Lab\nX-ray, precision cross-section and delayering, FIB, SEM, TEM, compositional analysis, and electrical parametric analysis, purpose‑built and expanding. The team is growing and your ideas and output set your scope.\n\nWhat You’ll Do\n\nTear down and characterize leading‑edge hardware end to end: acquisition, X‑ray, cross‑section, delayer, imaging, interpretation\n\nConvert physical evidence into defensible conclusions on process, packaging, design intent, architecture, and cost\n\nPublish the complete body of work for each product: headline findings through full data and analysis\n\nSet the analytical plan per product; operate the toolchain; direct specialized work\n\nTrack the industry through conferences, papers, patents, and your network; apply it to every interpretation\n\nShape lab workflows, capabilities, and equipment purchases\n\nWhat We Need\n\nGenuine exposure to leading‑edge semiconductors, hardware, or systems\n\nReasoning from physical evidence to design and process intent\n\nTechnical writing that holds up under expert scrutiny\n\nHands‑on aptitude for sample preparation, imaging, and analytical instruments\n\nUS work authorization preferred; sponsorship considered for exceptional candidates\n\nGrowth\n\nBreadth across process, packaging, layout, architecture, and systems, every major vendor and foundry\n\nConference presence and standing with the industry’s technical leadership\n\nScope and role grow with the team and the lab\n\nInfluence over research direction, lab investments, and the teardown queue\n\nWhat Makes Someone Great\n\nYou understand hardware from transistor to rack\n\nYou respond well to criticisms of and challenges to your technical interpretations\n\nYou already follow the industry: conferences, papers, product launches\n\nYou can tell real structure from artifact\n\nYou investigate, you ship, you close your own loops\n\nYou deliver on your responsibilities and support others in theirs; you treat everyone you work with as a peer and leave concepts of hierarchy at the door\n\nLocation & Authorization\n75% onsite in Hillsboro, OR. US work authorization strongly preferred; sponsorship considered for exceptional candidates. Competitive compensation commensurate with experience.\n\nAbout SemiAnalysis\nSemiAnalysis is an independent research and analysis firm specializing in the Semiconductor and AI industries. Our in-depth coverage spans the entire supply chain, from semiconductor fabrication processes to cutting‑edge AI Models, software, and infrastructure. We are recognized as the leading authority on the semiconductor supply chain, with the highest concentration of industry experts within one team, and a deep-rooted passion for delving into the intricacies.\n\nWe’re a global team of over 50 analysts, each with extensive networks across the semiconductor supply chain and AI ecosystem, publishing industry‑shaping articles while participating in 40+ conferences annually.\n\nOur newsletter reaches more than 200,000 subscribers worldwide, including senior management and C‑suite leaders at the leading semiconductor and AI companies.\n\nWe also offer three core products:\n\nIndustry Models: we develop and publish industry models on accelerator shipments, datacenter demand and supply, GPU total cost of ownership, and more. We work with hyperscalers, neoclouds, many of the world’s largest hedge funds, and government agencies.\n\nCore Research: our public equity markets product, geared towards financial investors, distills our deep technical research and knowledge into key insights on technology and product trends.\n\nConsulting and Technical Due Diligence: We conduct custom research and project work to guide key strategic and investment decisions for the largest private equity funds, leading venture capital firms, companies across the AI ecosystem, and government agencies.\n\nSemiAnalysis LLC participates in the E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. 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