Senior Engineer II - Product

Microchip•San Jose, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer II - Product to join their FPGA Business Unit. This role is part of the New Products Group (NPI) and is responsible for new product rollout. The position involves daily interaction with cross-functional partners including technology development engineers, circuit designers, logic designers, applications engineers, and component and quality engineers. This role offers broad exposure to the entire product lifecycle, from silicon definition and design to manufacturing logistics, test coverage, product qualification, yield improvement, and customer support. The successful candidate will define product reliability experiments, execute qualifications for next-generation products, and lead the resolution of manufacturing challenges impacting product shipments.

Requirements

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
6+ years knowledge of semiconductor product qualifications – JEDEC
3+ years knowledge of silicon reliability and process failure mechanisms
3+ years applied understanding of software and hardware
1+ years knowledge of package reliability and assembly failure mechanisms
2+ years hands-on experience with automation languages such as C, python, perl, java, visual basics
Comfortable using ATE, bench, and wafer test systems

Nice To Haves

Understanding of RTL (VHDL or Verilog)
Ability to develop FPGA designs using EAD development tools and flows is a plus
Quality and goal oriented
Excellent communication and initiative
Works well in collaborative environment
Knowledge of AECQ-100/MIL-STD-883 qualification standards

Responsibilities

Hands-on support for product reliability and qualification.
Applied product level knowledge for statistical, electrical, and physical root cause failure analysis pre/post qualification.
Solving release to manufacturing related issues and driving corrective actions.
Define qualification designs, developing hardware, verifying experimental test conditions, and performing data analysis.
Supporting production test flows by defining test limits, analyzing test coverage, performing root cause yield analysis, and ensuring datasheet compliance.
Validating on chip components such as micro-processors, high speed I/O’s, eNVM, SRAM, PLL’s, and Analog I/O’s.
Develop software for verifying and testing FPGA/SOC products.
Analyzing device behavior of FPGA/SOC products in both a production and engineering environment.