Principal Product/Test Engineer

About the Role

The Principal Product/Test Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for improving cost, yield, quality, and product robustness across Automotive and Industrial semiconductor portfolios. As part of the Cost Entitlement and Sustaining Product Engineering team, this role leads new product introduction and legacy-product sustaining activities, including fab, assembly, and test-yield excursions; factory transfers; cost-entitlement execution; and customer RMA root-cause analysis and corrective action.

Responsibilities

• Own the cost-entitlement roadmap and delivery of wafer-sort yield (WSY), final-test yield (FTY), test-cost, and cost-of-build (COB) metrics across all Post-Fab Services products within the ISC business unit.
• Generate daily/weekly automated data analysis reports (e.g., eGAP, cWATY, Scrap, etc.).
• Own customer RMA activities and post-RMA root cause disposition, including EFA/PFA (electrical and physical failure analysis).
• Interface with FAB, Assembly, and factory Test teams to drive yield improvement activities across various products.
• Drive cost reduction activities such as burn-in reduction/elimination, test and manufacturing flow optimization, and test time and yield enhancements.
• Lead cross-functional execution with Program Management, Quality, Customer Quality Engineering, Design, firmware development, fab, assembly, and factory test teams to resolve product issues and meet cost, yield, quality, and schedule objectives.
• Document gaps, lessons learned, and best practices for NPDE PE teams to improve future project execution.
• Update/modify existing code with innovation and improvisation focused on efficiency and test-cost reduction.
• Work with vendors to develop low-level automation code for Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems.

Requirements

• BSEE with a minimum of 15 years of experience in Product/Test Engineering for Digital, Analog/Mixed-Signal, and RF spaces.
• Experience with multiple ATE platforms (V93K, UltraFlex, iFlex, ETS800, ETS364, etc.).
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, Python, and/or Java, with the ability to modify and develop production ATE software across multiple platforms.
• Strong statistics and data-analysis skills.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with experience working in cross-functional teams across multiple internal development and factory sites.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – energetic, motivated, and self-driven.
• Ability to work well within a global team environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of ATE system architecture (V93K, Exascale, ETS800, T2K, IFlex, UltraFlex, etc.).
• Strong IC and test knowledge across digital, mixed-signal/analog, and RF domains.
• Knowledge of DfT strategies, test methods, and test instrumentation requirements.
• Prior hands-on experience with ATE Test Equipment for IC testing.

Skills

• Programming skills in C/C++, PERL, and/or Python.
• Data analysis and scripting abilities.

Pay

Expected Salary Range: $171,000.00 - $296,000.00. The exact salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience, and location.

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