Senior Engineer I-Test

Microchip Technology Inc.•Austin, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Microchip Technology Inc. has a Senior Engineer I-Test opening based in our Austin, TX office. The Timing and Communication Product Group (TCG) is seeking a self-motivated test engineer to develop test programs and assist in test development for product releases of SyncE/1588 timing, Clock Distribution and Frequency Synthesizers. The successful candidate will participate in all aspects of product and test development, from initial specification through volume manufacturing.

Requirements

Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science with 5+ years of experience developing ATE test programs for integrated circuits
Extensive knowledge of semiconductors, statistics, analog and digital circuit theory and circuit analysis, and semiconductor IC testing
Must have experience with ATE systems
Self-motivated and able to work independently
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Ability to excel in a multi-disciplinary team environment across multiple locations
Strong analytical, and problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves

ATE programming using Advantest Smartest and Cohu Unison programming environments

Responsibilities

Generating test programs for timing-based products
Define and develop high speed low noise ATE test boards
Review new product specifications, advise design teams on product manufacturability for timing-based products
Work with applications, marketing, product and reliability groups, for the release of new products, monitoring goals and schedules
Establish manufacturing guard-bands based on repeatability and characterization data
Support customer sampling and offshore volume production ramps
Support ongoing subcontractor test activity
Product cost reduction, yield improvement, and test capacity maximization
Analysis of Customer returned devices and supporting Customer requirements
Characterize and evaluate new products