Director of Product Engineering
About The Position
MaxLinear is seeking a Director of Product Engineering to join their team. This role focuses on building and mentoring engineering talent, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and innovation. The Director will drive the seamless transition of products from design to manufacturing, owning product manufacturing performance throughout the entire product lifecycle. Key responsibilities include leading product bring-up, silicon validation, characterization, qualification, and production release activities. The role also involves defining organizational strategy, goals, KPIs, and resource plans aligned with company objectives, and collaborating closely with cross-functional organizations to optimize performance, yield, testability, and manufacturability. Establishing manufacturing readiness criteria, ensuring successful product ramp, and owning product yield improvement initiatives across fabrication, assembly, and final test operations are critical. The position requires implementing statistical process control (SPC), DOE, FMEA, and advanced analytics techniques, as well as analyzing product and test data to identify yield detractors and implement corrective actions. Developing strategies to improve cost of test, manufacturing efficiency, and overall product margins, and supporting customer escalations, product quality investigations, and field-return analysis are also key. The Director will establish and manage OSAT scorecards and KPIs to ensure world-class execution in quality, yield, cost, delivery, and cycle time.
Requirements
- 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
- Experience recruiting, managing, and mentoring an engineering team
- BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 13 years of experience, or MS + 11 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 8 years of experience
Responsibilities
- Build and mentor engineering talent while fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and innovation
- Drive seamless transition of products from design to manufacturing and own product manufacturing performance throughout the entire product lifecycle
- Lead product bring-up, silicon validation, characterization, qualification, and production release activities
- Define organizational strategy, goals, KPIs, and resource plans aligned with company objectives
- Collaborate closely with cross functional organizations to optimize performance, yield, testability, and manufacturability
- Establish manufacturing readiness criteria and ensure successful product ramp
- Own product yield improvement initiatives across wafer fabrication, assembly, and final test operations
- Implement statistical process control (SPC), DOE, FMEA, and advanced analytics techniques.
- Analyze product and test data to identify yield detractors and implement corrective actions
- Develop strategies to improve cost of test, manufacturing efficiency, and overall product margins
- Support customer escalations, product quality investigations, and field-return analysis
- Establish and manage OSAT scorecards and KPIs to ensure world-class execution in quality, yield, cost, delivery, and cycle time
Benefits
- health care benefits
- 401k savings plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
