Silicon Carbide (SiC) TCAD Engineer

onsemi is looking for a highly motivated engineer to work in the power electronic Modeling and Simulation Solutions (MSS) group. The candidate will be responsible for TCAD development and optimization of advanced power discrete semiconductor devices. Technologies supported include SiC MOSFETS, Trench MOSFETs, Trench IGBTs, and Si/SiC diodes. The candidate will closely interact with process development engineers, power system/circuit designers, applications engineers, and technical marketing. The MSS group is a worldwide team; thus the candidate will work with colleagues in the USA, Europe, China, and South Korea. onsemi is considered an industry leader in power electronic device modeling and simulation. The MSS group continues to make exciting advances in new modeling and simulation technology. The candidate would join this very exciting and energetic environment.

Performance Objectives:
The Successful Candidate will:
Develop and calibrate TCAD models for power devices, including simulation strategies, meshing methods and device physics models
Incorporate TCAD device models in holistic simulations including mixed-mode as a part of a power circuit to evaluate the impact of the power device on the system efficiency.
Optimize system efficiency and ruggedness by modifying technology with new TCAD models
Work in TCAD environments such as Synopsys Sentaurus to develop and deploy TCAD to SPICE modeling environments
Work with SPICE like simulators (Simetrix, LTspice, PSpice, Simplorer, others).
Working with other FEM environments such as ANSYS
Support new technology R&D through predictive modeling.
Develop, evaluate, and support implementation of new characterization and extraction methods.
Contribute to a continual improvement environment including automation and scripting with Python.
Document characterization and modeling work according to established procedures.



Required Qualifications:
MS Degree in Electrical Engineering/Physics with semiconductor emphasis plus 0-2 years of experience.
In-depth understanding of semiconductor device physics
Solid experience with TCAD simulation
UNIX/LINUX experience is desired
Python programming experience is desired
Strong English communication capability
Strong desire and capability to learn
Excellent team player


Preferred Qualification:
Previous experience with SPICE circuit simulation is a plus
Basic knowledge on power circuits is a plus
Previous experience and understanding of power discretes and IC technologies is a plus
Previous experience with ANSYS tools is a plus