Principal Product Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own ICs from design release through qualification, production ramp, and product lifecycle
• Define and execute product characterization, ATE validation, reliability, and qualification plans
• Develop and manage Product Qualification Requirements (Package Qual, Burn-in, ESD, Latchup)
• Responsible for on-going product cost reduction efforts and quality improvements; including Test Time reductions/optimization, alternate source qualifications, and Yield improvement, DPPM reduction
• Lead technical reviews and present executive-level project updates
• Work with cross-functional teams to coordinate, manage, and prioritize all activities to transition a new product from design to production release
• Serve as the primary product engineering interface among Design, Marketing, Foundry, OSAT, Supply chain, and Quality organizations
• Drive risk assessment and mitigation plans throughout the product lifecycle
• Develop statistical models and data analytics to improve product yield and quality
• Drive root-cause investigations for reliability failures and field-return issues

Qualifications

• Experience with releasing products on advanced CMOS Process nodes (16nm and below)
• Deep knowledge of mm-wave, RF, Mixed signal, and CMOS logic circuit principles
• Knowledge and experience with ATE (Automatic Test Equipment), such as Verigy and Teradyne
• Experience with Data Analysis S/W such as Galaxy, Data Conductor or DataPower to create Characterization Reports and monitor production Yield
• BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 9 years of experience, or MS + 7 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 5 years of experience

Compensation & Benefits

• MaxLinear has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock-based compensation.
• The actual starting base salary will be determined by the match to certain role-related criteria such as educational degree(s) or equivalent, relevant work experience, skillset needed for the role, and geographic location; this is not an all-inclusive list as some roles may require unique skills or experience.
• We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are: health care benefits, 401k savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off.

About the Role

• MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well.
• We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.
• We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today.
• Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.
• We began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs.
• Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments.
• We have expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets.
• One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.
• Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.
• We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world.
• Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration.
• Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.