Employee Benefits

Ｗe respect “creating a workplace where our employees can work in the ways they want to” so that each and every one of them can actively perform their work with maximizing their abilities.
Below are some of the benefits, leaves, and working ways that support our employees.

  • Cafeteria plan

    We grant our employees with free choice of benefits to suit their lifestyle such as family trip, camping, homecoming trip, sports club, and diapers for children, etc. with compensation for those expenses up to 40,000yen per year.

  • Support for Young Employees

    We rent a room and support housing expenses for those under 30 years of age.

  • Support for Learning Languages

    We support up to half of the expenses of taking a class at the educational institution for learning languages.

  • Shareholding Association

    Our employee can join Tera Probe’s employees’shareholding association with a monthly contribution of minimum 1,000 yen.

  • Retirement Allowance

    We offer a lump-sum retirement allowance and a defined contribution pension plan (401K).

  • Property Accumulation Savings Program

    We support our employees’ savings through this program.

Leaves/Vacations

Annual Paid Leave: 20 days per annual regardless of length of service.
Family Friendly Leave: 5 days per annual. This leave can be used for your own hospital visits, volunteer activities, nursing care for parents, or children’s school open days.
Refreshment leave: 5 days after 10 years of service, 7 days after 20 years, and 10 days after 30 years.

*Every vacation is available in half-day increments.

Flexible Work Styles

We promote work-life balance of our employees, and enabling them to work actively and vigorously according to the stage of their life.

  • Flexible Working Hours

    Our employees can decide by themselves when to start and finish working each day within the given total working hours in each month.

  • Work from home

    Our employees can work from home depending on a type of their work. They can utilize it in a variety of ways, such as work from home in the morning before the business trip in the afternoon.

Third Party Evaluation

＜What is a Bright Company?＞
Certified by Kumamoto Prefecture as a company where its workers can keep working actively and brilliantly with peace of mind.
1. high satisfaction of employees and their families
2. respect to local employment
3. great contribution to the local community and economy
4. stable management of the company

＜Yokohama Good Balance Award＞
Certified by Yokohama City as a company that actively approaches in creating the work environment where its employees can work comfortably to promote women’s successful activities and work-life balance.

Training Program

We offer different level of training programs for our employees according to their careers to assist improvement of their skills.
Our training program includes logical thinking, tenacity, team leadership, and enhancement of qualities and abilities as business leader as well as those for acquisition of the basic knowledge, mind and attitude required to the employees.

We introduced an online video training system to provide training opportunities at anytime, anywhere, and by anyone, to continuously support our employees’career development. Due to the active participation of each and every employees, we were honored with “the Learning Culture Award”（※）by the Learning Agency, Inc. in 2022.
In addition, we support up to half of the expense of the class for the language learning they take under our support program.
※Selected as a company which, as an organization, successfully motivated their employees to learn based on their annual rate of participation in training services.

Training for New Graduates

New graduates exercise the training program for approximately one month after their welcoming ceremony.
They have to acquire a wide range of knowledge of from business manners to basic semiconductor and to learn the characteristics of each of our business through those work experience (e.g. jobs in clean room, etc.) at the Kyushu Operation Center during such training.
In addition, they will visit TeraPower Technology Inc., our subsidiary in Taiwan, to know the reality of the global business actually.
※ Via online currently due to the COVID-19 infection

After the job assignment, our employee will learn knowledges and skills mainly through on-the-job training in accordance with the training program of each division to which they are assigned.

After six months of employment, they do “follow-up training” which consists of an external training program where you will exchange information with new graduates of other companies and the “follow-up debriefing session” at which they introduce their responsibilities and report on what they have learned through their work in front of the president, and their supervisor and colleagues.

They are inspired by their contemporaries working hard together as well as find themselves steadily growing since joining the company.

Our Sites

Headquarters and Development Center

  • Exterior

  • Entrance

  • Reception room

  • Conference room

Kyushu Operation Center

  • Exterior

  • Clean room 1

  • Clean room 2

  • Conference room

  • Reception room

  • Cafeteria

Equipment & FT Engineering Group,
Equipment Engineering Division

SHOJI
MOTOMURA

Joined in 2008

When examining a specification of the test equipment subject to a customer’s request, we approach it from a variety of perspectives.
I am delighted to achieve results of the verification while it requires so much attention and care.
And, I never forget what I have devoted myself to like such efforts even after a long period of time, and can utilize it to different cases.

  • My Work

    As an equipment engineer, I am in charge of examining specifications of new equipment, planning a schedule of installment and setting for new equipment, and improvement (for functions & operations) and management (for number of units, layout & specifications) of the equipment.

  • My Goal

    My goal is to become a specialist who is able to use all of the owned equipment.
    I want to become an expert in specifications and structure of equipment (of both hardware and software) and to make improvements in production efficiency in on-site operations of the factory.
    I always try to take each actions quickly and to meet those deadlines to improve customer satisfaction.

  • How to spend off-time

    I enjoy travelling with my family and go out with my son to see his favorite trains and airplanes.

    One Day

    07:50 Arriving at office
    08:00 Checking email
    08:30 Team meeting
    10:00 Work in clean room
    11:45 Lunch
    12:45 Work in clean room
    15:00 Desk work
    19:00 Leaving office

Message to students / applicants

    There are so many things in the real world, which you have not yet learned in your school days, that you may feel confused in the beginning. It must be the chance you should consult with your seniors who can help you. You had better ask by yourself “why does that happen?” and enhance your knowledge and skills by thoroughly doing your own research for any matter happening in the workplace.

Engineering Support Group,
Test Development Division

FUQIANG LI

Joined in 2017

Tera Probe possesses a wide variety of test programs as a company specializing in semiconductor testing. Since source code for the test program describes not only its operation, but also external communication, hardware control, and anomaly handling, we can sometimes create new ways to solve problems through reading the existing source codes.
I find it interesting to discover new processing methods and ideas by reading source codes in various languages.

  • My Work

    I create test programs for memory products and deal with test problems. Creation of test program mainly involves specification study, coding, debugging, and documentation. While the work to deal with test problems may vary depending on the situation, I always make cause investigation and consideration of countermeasures.

  • My Goal

    My goal is to be an engineer who can create good test programs. Creating programs is not just writing code but requires knowledge of systems, equipment, jigs and tools, electrical circuits, and operational skills as well as communication skills. I am improving my programing skills day by day so that I can provide better services to our customers.

  • How to spend off-time

    I spend a lot of time at my desk, so on my time off, I go for walks, climb mountains, etc. to get some exercise.

    One Day

    08:20 Arriving at office
    08:30 Checking and replying to email
    09:00 Dealing with problems, etc.
    10:00 Examination of program specifications
    11:45 Lunch
    12:45 Coding
    15:00 Documentation
    17:15 Leaving office

Message to students / applicants

You had better never mind a ranking of popular companies, but choose a company as your future work by analyzing your own knowledge and skills while considering your future lifestyle. It is important to evaluate a company comprehensively, adding not only basic conditions such as salary and benefits, but also a kind of work, work environment, and relationship. To avoid any shock in reality after joining a company, you had better actively participate in company information sessions and interaction with senior employees.

Tool Engineering Group,
Equipment Engineering Division

SATORU KOGAHARA

Joined in 2017

There are various types of “jigs and tools (i.e. probe cards)” that are indispensable for semiconductor wafer testing, and each has different characteristics. I am challenging myself to learn and operate them very actively, and find it interesting when I am able to contribute to the improvement of testing.
When any issue comes up in my daily work, I consider them in cooperation with customers and probe card manufacturers. I feel a sense of accomplishment when I am able to solve them. I come to understand what I could not understand, which enable myself to discover something new, and then utilize it for improvements. I believe that the accumulation of these process will lead to my leap forward as an engineer.

  • My Work

    I am engaged in evaluation, improvement, and management of probe cards. In addition to those launches, I am trying to improve test results and to gain further trust from customers by proposing to them ideas for improvement of prove cards.

  • My Goal

    My goal is to be able to do a wide range of high-level work as a semiconductor engineer. As a first step, I am working hard every day to deepen my knowledge of jigs and tools which I am currently handling.

  • How to spend off-time

    I like history, so I enjoy visiting historical sites around the country on my time off.

    One Day

    08:15 Arriving at office and checking email
    09:00 Preparation of meeting materials
    11:45 Lunch
    12:45 On-site card evaluation
    16:00 Summary of card evaluations and prepartion of report for a customer
    17:30 Leaving office

Message to students / applicants

Tera Probe is the open and rewarding place to work, where even the opinions of young employees are actively adopted. If you are about to start seeking a job, you had better attend information sessions of not only popular companies but also various types of them. I believe you will discover a workplace where you can truly enjoy working by making sure about them by yourself.

Procurement Division

MINAMI ITO

Joined in 2007

As I joined the company without knowledge of semiconductors, I did not understand the fun to work until I come to understand my work there. However, as I received “thank you” through my interactions with the engineers and the business partners, I began to think about what I should do to make them happier. As the person in charge of procurement, I coordinate and negotiate with suppliers on a daily basis on how to meet the requirements for purchase (e.g. price, delivery date & specifications) needed by each departments of the company. I feel a great sense of accomplishment when those departments get satisfied as a results of my coordination and negotiation. I find it interesting that the accumulation of these experiences has helped me grow as a person.

  • My Work

    As the person in charge of procurement at the Kyushu Operation Center, I am engaged in procurement of materials and equipment necessary for production, arrangements for external calibration of measuring instruments, and management of orders and delivery date for them.
    I am also working on providing more options for procurement to everyone in the company by developing new suppliers.

  • My Goal

    I would like to work to satisfy the needs of our closest customers: everyone in the company, and then, to satisfy Tera Probe’s customers in front of them. To achieve this, I would like to actively find out what I do not know and to improve my own knowledge.

  • How to spend off-time

    I enjoy going out to eat delicious food and spending time with cats and dogs to refresh myself.

    One Day

    08:15 Arriving at office
    09:00 Meeting
    11:00 Meeting with business partners
    11:45 Lunch
    12:45 Order handling and purchase arrangements
    18:00 Leave office

Message to students / applicants

Tera Probe is a very energetic workplace with a very friendly atmosphere (We often have barbecue parties with our colleagues, both male and female, and senior and junior employees!). I am sure that Tera Probe will be an exciting and fascinating place for you to work and grow since you will get to know cutting-edge semiconductor technology, and we do business with many famous domestic and overseas manufacturers! I look forward to working with you all.

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To enjoy changes leads to your growth
In the semiconductor industry, where technological innovation and environmental changes are rapid, new challenges are always required. We are looking for people with whom we can share our desire to enrich people's lives through semiconductor testing and who will continue to grow together with the company.

A person who is highly motivated to grow and keeps challenging.
In order to continue responding to keep up with changes, it is important to be always motivated to improve your knowledge and skills.
With the support of your supervisors and seniors, let’s challenge something new with curiosity.

A person who can act with understanding on diverse ideas
We are looking for a person who can act with respecting a variety of cultures and values, and accepting different viewpoints and ideas,in communication with domestic and international customers, suppliers, and group companies.

A person who can confront the work at hand with sincerty and put in a lot of effort.
Semiconductor testing is like a behind-the-scenes work. Sometimes we have to work steadily until one task is completed.
Your steady and repeated efforts will earn you the trust of those around you and lead to good results of your work.

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  • What are the qualifications for application?

    Applicants for new graduate recruitment in 2024 must have graduated or completed or be expected to graduate from a 4-year university, graduate school, or technical college by the end of March 2024 without any permanent employment experience.
    For other graduates with employment experience, we are recruiting as a career recruiter.

  • Do you hire non-Japanese nationalities?

    We have no restrictions on nationality. Anyway, you must have the Japanese language skills to communicate smoothly with Japanese people regardless of position.

  • How do I apply?

    You can entry through the entry form on our website.
    Please note that we do not accept applications by mail or fax.

  • What is the application process?

    We will contact each applicants individually.
    For new graduates, please attend our company information session, which we hold at any time.

  • What kind of the training program the company will provide?

    We will provide the training program at each division and level.
    For details, please click the link below.

    Training program

  • Is there any possibility that I will have to be transferred to other locations?

    While we have offices in Yokohama and Kumamoto, it is not highly likely that you will be relocated to any other location due to the different roles of each divisions at which they are located. A part of the divisions may require relocation outside of our offices or long-term business trips, depending on customer requirements and the type of business with our customers.

  • Are dormitories available?

    For those who meet certain criteria, the company will provide rented housing as a dormitory.
    For details, please click the link below.

    Employee Benefits

New graduate

  • Can I request the location and job type for work?

    We will set an interview session to hear from you your desire before joining the company and during the newcomer training program.

  • How is the division I belong to determined?

    After approximately one month of newcomer training program, we will determine it based on your major, aptitude, and wishes, as well as the composition of number of employee in each division. Therefore, in some cases, the decision may differ from your wishes.

  • Is there anything I should do before joining the company?

    We recommend that you try something you have never done before, which may cause you to become more responsive as a business person in various situations in the future.

  • Can I talk with employees during my hiring process?

    We provide an opportunity for you to communicate with senior employees during information sessions and during the application process.