At Tera Probe, we place importance on "creating a workplace where you can work the way you want to work" so that each and every one of our employees can maximize their abilities and play an active role in the company.
Below are some of the benefits, leave, and work styles that support our employees.
We subsidize up to 40,000 yen per person per year for expenses such as travel, camping, returning home to parents, sports club fees, and diapers for children.
Employees are free to choose the benefits that best suit their personal lifestyles.
For those under 30 years of age, the company will rent a room and support housing expenses.
The company will support up to half of the cost of attending an educational institution.
You can join Tera Probe’s shareholding association with a minimum monthly contribution of 1,000 yen.
Tera Probe offers a lump-sum retirement allowance and a defined contribution pension plan (401K).
We back up our employees' savings support.
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.
We have a system in place to promote work-life balance within the company, and have established a system that allows employees to work actively and vigorously according to their various life stages.
Under this system, employees can voluntarily decide when to start and end work each day within the standard total working hours from the first day of the month to the last day of the month.
Employees can work at home according to the nature of their work. Employees can use this system in a variety of ways, such as working from home in the mornings when they are out of the office in the afternoons.
Certified as a “Bright Company” in 2018 under the Bright Company Promotion Program by Kumamoto Prefecture.
Recognized by Yokohama City with “Yokohama Good Balance Award” in 2022.
＜What is a Bright Company?＞
A company that meets the following basic requirements, where workers can shine with vitality and continue to work with peace of mind. (A term coined by Kumamoto Prefecture)
1. high level of satisfaction of employees and their families
2. value local employment
3. high level of contribution to the local community and local economy
4. stable management
＜Yokohama Good Balance Award＞
Yokohama City certifies companies that actively promote the creation of a workplace environment in which everyone can work comfortably in order to promote women's activities and work-life balance.
Tera Probe offers training programs for different levels of employees according to their careers in order to help them improve their skills.
Starting with new employee training to acquire the basic knowledge, attitude, and preparedness required of employees, we provide training to enhance logical thinking, penetrating ability, team leadership skills, and business leadership qualities and abilities.
We have introduced an online education system to provide educational opportunities that can be taken anytime, anywhere, and by anyone, to continuously support the career development of our employees.
Thanks to the active participation of each and every one of our employees, in 2022 we received the Learning Culture Award* at an award sponsored by The Learning Agency, Inc.
In addition, the company supports up to half of the cost of attending educational institutions through a language learning expense subsidy program.
*Companies that have been able to improve their motivation to learn as an organization are selected based on the annual participation rate of their training services.
After the initiation ceremony, "Newcomer Training" is conducted for approximately one month.
During the newcomer training, the trainees absorb a wide range of knowledge, from business manners to basic semiconductor courses.
At the Kyushu Plant, they learn the characteristics of each business through work experience (clean room work, etc.).
In addition, they will experience firsthand the global view of the world at the subsidiary TeraPower Technology Inc. in Taiwan.
*Presently, due to the effects of the new coronavirus, this program is being conducted online.
After assignment, on-the-job training will be mainly provided in accordance with the educational program of the department to which you belong.
After six months of employment, follow-up training will be provided.
This will be an external training program, where you will exchange information with new graduates from other companies.
After that, a "follow-up debriefing" will be held in which you will introduce your responsibilities and report on what you have learned through your work in front of the president, your supervisor, and your fellow employees.
At the same time, you will be stimulated by your peers who are working hard together with you.
Exterior view
Entrance
Reception Room
Conference Room
Exterior
Clean Room 1
Clean Room 2
Conference Room
Reception room
Cafeteria
Equipment & FT Engineering Group,
Equipment Engineering Division
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.
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 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.
I enjoy travelling with my family and go out with my son to see his favorite trains and airplanes.
| 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 |
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
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.
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 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.
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.
| 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 |
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
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.
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 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.
I like history, so I enjoy visiting historical sites around the country on my time off.
| 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 |
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
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.
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.
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.
I enjoy going out to eat delicious food and spending time with cats and dogs to refresh myself.
| 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 |
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.
Tera Probe was established in 2005 as a company specializing in the semiconductor testing business. In the beginning, we mainly engaged in wafer testing for DRAM, a typical semiconductor memory product, but gradually expanded the field of its services to logic semiconductor products such as MCU and SoC, and CMOS image sensor and various analog ICs.
It is often said to those who are joining to a company: “You had better continuously work with a spirit of challenge but without fear of failure.”
It is a matter of course. Please consider that there is no job that can be done without a spirit of challenge in the world.
Doing a job is so hard that we must continue challenging, and that it motivates us to do even more challenging work with the great sense of accomplishment we can feel when we have successfully performed.
Since our establishment in 2005, we have continuously hired a number of new graduates. As they have grown up and become key players in their respective workplaces, we would no longer do our business without them. Their growth must be the result of not only their own continuous efforts to take on new challenges, but also the environment created by their superiors and seniors in the workplace where they can proactively do so as well as the supports for them by our customers and suppliers.
Thus, I am sure we set the work environment where young employees can maximize their spirit of challenge.
If you are interested in working in the work environment like this, please feel free to come knocking on our door.
I look forward to working with you.
President & Representative Executive Officer
| Positions | Engineering positions (test development engineer, test technology engineer, system technology engineer, etc.) Back-office positions |
| Monthly Base Salary | Master degree: 240,000 yen Bachelor degree: 220,000 yen Technical college/ junior college (engineering) graduates: 200,000 yen |
| Location |
Headquarters and Development Center (Yokohama City, Kanagawa) Kyushu Operation Center (Ashikita-machi, Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto) |
| Working hours | 8:30 - 17:15 (with flextime system) |
| Benefits | Various insurances (health, welfare, employment and workers' compensation), Savings support program, Defined contribution pension system, Cafeteria plan, Language Learning support, Retirement allowance, Commuting allowance, Cafeteria, Dormitory for young age employees, Project bonus program, etc. |
| Leaves/Vacations |
2 days off per week (Saturdays & Sundays) ,National holidays ,Special company holidays Year-end and New Year vacations, Congratulation or condolence leave, Refreshment leave, Family friendly leave, Annual paid leave (20 days granted from the first year; with recommendation for taking consecutive days for summer vacation) |
| Salary increase, Bonus, and Allowances |
Salary increase: Once a year in April Bonus: Twice a year in June and December Various allowances: Family allowance, Overtime allowance, Meal allowance (in case of no cafeteria at the work location), etc. |
| Qualification Required |
・Those who are expected to graduate in March 2025 (from graduate school, university, technical college or junior college) ・Japanese language skills: Able to understand some Japanese used in daily life（Japanese Language Proficiency Test:N3 or more) |
| Training Program | For new graduates, by job grade, company-wide (such as compliance and ISO training, etc.), for engineers, and TOEIC, etc. |
Please note that the application process is subject to change.
Interview by Human resources
Interview by Division manager
Aptitude test (SPI)
Executive interview
