Overview
CGD is a spin-out of the University of Cambridge, a fabless semiconductor company developing GaN-based power devices. The Reliability Engineer will join the engineering team to own reliability experiments, analysis, and models for CGD GaN power devices and ICs. The role is based at the Cambridge, UK office and lab, with some travel to partners in Europe, the Americas and Asia. The role is suitable for a graduate engineer.
Responsibilities
* Design and execute device reliability characterisation experiments of GaN power ICs
* Develop characterisation strategies and test planning (DOE)
* Develop GaN device reliability models
* Develop new test methods for GaN-IC reliability
* Help to write reliability-specific application notes and white papers
* Design and run customer-specific tests
* Liaise with electrical engineers for the development of reliability characterisation systems
Essential Qualifications
* A degree in a relevant engineering or science subject
* Knowledge of statistical methods for data analysis and software such as JMP, Minitab or Python
* Strategic thinker with practical skills
* Inspires confidence in colleagues, partners and customers
* Comfortable in a fast-paced start-up environment
* Willing and able to travel and work with partners in Europe, the Americas and Asia
* Pro-active by nature, responsive to changing needs of the projects and business
* Good communication and presentation skills, including writing white papers and application notes and presenting technical topics
* Mindset for precise and high-quality results
* Eye for detail
Desirable Qualifications
* Some knowledge of power semiconductor device reliability, preferably GaN
* Some knowledge and understanding of wide bandgap semiconductor device physics, preferably GaN power devices
* Knowledge of power electronics, in particular power electronic circuits for reliability testing
* Experience with finite element modelling (TCAD and multi-physics)
Benefits & Working Environment
* Excellent salary
* Share options scheme available (own a piece of the company)
* Pension scheme (6% Company contribution)
* Life Assurance (3x Salary)
* Medicash Cash Plan
* Flexible working options (both location and times)
* Annual leave allowance of 33 days (including bank holidays)
* Training and career development
* Family friendly policies
* Cycle to work scheme
* EV leasing scheme
* Volunteer leave policy
* IP bonus scheme
* Involvement in collaborative projects and grants with University of Cambridge and other partners
* Recruitment referral bonus
* Regular social events including frequent company lunches, annual summer party, Christmas party, team building and wellbeing activities
Equal Opportunity
We believe in equal opportunities. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse workforce and place inclusion at the heart of all we do. We are well set up for collaborative hybrid working, with team members in the UK office and from home in the UK and other cities in Europe and Asia.
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