Product Development Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Taiwan.

📋 Description

• Lead and enhance the testability and manufacturability of integrated circuits from the feasibility stage through to production ramp-up.

• Contribute to the design, development, and validation of testability circuits, test flows, and methodologies for new products.

• Assess, develop, and troubleshoot intricate testing methods.

• Collaborate with process development, fabrication, factory, assembly, quality, reliability, and manufacturing teams to facilitate post-silicon high-volume manufacturing ramp.

• Review new designs on automatic test equipment (ATE) and resolve functionality and performance issues to identify root causes.

• Conduct ATE device characterization and utilize data to establish datasheet specifications and perform yield analysis.

• Work together with designers on DFT/DFD/DFM features to streamline production testing.

• Create and debug software programs that transform design validation vectors and operate complex testing equipment.

• Design and evaluate validation and production test hardware solutions.

• Test, validate, modify, and redesign circuits to guarantee component specifications are met.

• Analyze component specifications against performance and optimize requirements based on production equipment capabilities.

• Ensure manufacturability by analyzing process and specification variations and addressing yield issues prior to manufacturing ramp.

• Drive reductions in test time and product cost optimization through analysis of fallout and testing times.

• Review early customer returns and lead activities to close testing gaps.

• Develop strategies to optimize component production for quality and cost efficiency.

• Oversee manufacturing readiness across fabrication, assembly, and testing facilities, including ES milestones, wafer start planning, product qualification strategies, capacity analysis, and site certification.

• Collaborate with fabrication, assembly, and testing factory partners and planners to aid in production ramp-up.

• Manage new product introductions, fab process targeting, product/process optimizations, and factory task forces as necessary.

• Optimize product supply through post-silicon bin-splitting, die-level cherry picking (DLCP), and content and yield analysis for sorting/testing.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.

• Typically 15+ years of experience with semiconductor test equipment.

• Significant exposure to wafer sort processes.

• Proven track record of managing complex equipment issues and executing successful root cause and corrective action (RCCA).

• Experience in supporting OSAT operations, equipment transfers, new product introduction (NPI), and ramp-up of production.

• Capability to manage equipment vendors and coordinate efforts with Test Engineering, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality teams.

• Proficiency in independently troubleshooting complex wafer sort equipment failures.

• Experience in leading equipment qualification and ensuring readiness for high-volume manufacturing (HVM).

• Ability to analyze downtime, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) data to identify areas for improvement.

• Competence in managing reliability issues related to XIU, probe cards, probers, and tester hardware.

• Skill in developing and implementing corrective actions that yield measurable results.

• Ability to support capacity expansion and equipment readiness planning in collaboration with OSAT partners.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.

• Flexible work schedules and remote work options.