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Principal IC Test Development Engineer
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What they do
A Product Development Engineer develops new products for companies, and participates in all phases of product development including research, design, production and marketing. Uses research on customer demand and industry trends to develop product ideas; builds and tests product prototypes; evaluates production options and costs. May specialize in a particular type of product or in products for a specific industry.
$106,654 / year median in Arizona
+0% projected growth
Job Description
- Developing complete industrial test plans for high performance mixed-signal integrated circuits on industry standard Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
- Designing custom circuitry on ATE interface boards for testing high-precision, high-speed products, particularly in regard to layout matching & symmetry, impedance control, and component selection with attention to bandwidth, noise, linearity, and repeatability
- Working with cross-functional engineers at product concept to properly define characterization/validation setups and product manufacturability
- Help define Design for Testability (DfT) features/circuits from design concept stage to manufacturability
- Working in a cross functional team environment with Analog & Digital Design, System Definer, Product Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Applications Engineering to deliver products on schedule on budget
- Job includes all administrative aspects of Test Engineering -- customer support, data evaluation, report generation, defining test limits, and mass production support Preferred candidate profile:
- BSEE or higher (MSEE preferred) and a minimum of 5 years of test development experience on ATE with high performance integrated circuits
- Innovation in test techniques
- Advantest 93K (SmarTest8 preferred) and/or Teradyne UltraFllex tester experience, or capability and willingness to learn these ATE platforms
- Thorough understanding of digital, analog, and mixed-signal device testing, PVT characterization, IC qualification, product launch, and customer RMA support
- Experience with statistical data processing, designs of experiment, test debug and problem solving methodologies, to drive best possible test time & test cost reduction, and yield enhancement
- Working knowledge of, and some experience with IC foundries and offshore assembly & test subcons (OSATs)
- Familiarity of IC fabrication processes and its effect on test performance
- Skill required in reliability, failure analysis, and circuit debug processes
- Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse, global product development team from product concept to high volume production More information about NXP in the United States.