SoC Characterization Product Engineer

Apple • San Diego, CA

11h

About The Position

As part of Apple’s Silicon Technologies group, the SoC Characterization Product Engineer will contribute to designing and manufacturing next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processors and systems-on-chip. The role involves product characterization across different setups, defining correlations between automated test equipment (ATE) and other logic boards, and studying the impact of hardware on SoC performance. The engineer will work with design, process, and test teams to characterize products, investigate issues, and support production test development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 3 years of experience.
• In-depth knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes.
• Understanding of electronic engineering fundamentals and DFT concepts.
• Experience with system-level or motherboard characterization and data collection.
• Expertise in scripting languages such as Perl or Python.
• Knowledge of test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for working with internal team members and external suppliers.

Nice To Haves

• Board bring-up experience.
• Hardware design experience.
• PDN noise analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform data analysis, characterization, and fault isolation to resolve root causes of issues.
• Perform correlation between ATE and different hardware setups.
• Partner with design, process, and test engineers to identify and implement corrective actions for new and mature products and technologies.
• Define and finalize production screening guard-band specifications based on design intent and characterization results.
• Perform statistical data analysis on large data sets to establish test limits.
• Complete yield analyses and correlation analyses for all levels of test insertions.
• Support characterization activities related to test-time reduction.
• Coordinate test-related activities and reviews with internal and external groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level