Product Test Engineer
Website Achronix
Achronix Semiconductor Corporation is a fabless semiconductor corporation based in Santa Clara, California, offering high-performance FPGA solutions. Achronix is the only supplier to have both high-performance and high-density standalone FPGAs and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) solutions in high-volume production. Achronix’s FPGA and eFPGA IP offerings are further enhanced by ready-to-use PCIe accelerator cards targeting AI, ML, networking and data center applications. All of Achronix’s products are supported by best-in-class EDA software tools.
Position Profile Name: Product Test Engineer
Requisition No.: 5100-1005
Type of Position: Regular, Exempt
Reports to: VP Operations
Department: Operations
Location: Santa Clara, CAContact:hr@achronix.com
Job Description/ResponsibilitiesThe Product Test Engineer is responsible for Achronix FPGA product lines.
Duties include the following:
- Maintain and improve the product quality and cost
- Develop the production ATE test program
- Improve the process and the yield
- Product support including qualification and characterization
- First silicon bring-up and test program debug activities for 16nm, 12nm, 7nm and 5nm Speedster® Families
- Functional verification and characterization for On-Chip RAM, Interconnect Routing Fabric, Logic Element Blocks and Configuration RAM
- Production wafer sort and unit testing
- Volume Data Analysis and Modeling along with defining Yield Management tools
- Test development for Reliability Testing of new products
Primary Job Responsibilities
- Manage Achronix FPGA production quality
- Work with Designers to implement DFT function and to achieve best-in-class test coverage and low PPM rates
- Design ATE load board and probe card, generate the ATE test program, maintain its contents and the test time
- First silicon bring-up and test program debug
- Characterize product performance and generate ATE characterization test programs
- Maintain and improve product yield, the test program and the test cost, which include data analysis and manufacturing process improvement
- Support designing product qualification equipment and execution
- Perform product failure analysis
Required Skills
- ATE knowledge/experience for SOC, DFT and semiconductor qualification
- At least 5-10 years of experience testing complex Integrated Circuits/FPGAs with Advantest 93K tester preferred
- Understanding Advantest tester and the program generation
- Experience handling large test vectors
- Knowledge of wafer fabrication and assembly process
- Experience with high speed signal testing and load board design
- Knowledge of Qualification and reliability testing
- Competent with data analysis
- Knowledge of device failure analysis/FIB
- Excellent communication skill; able to work with both internal and external counterparts
- System-level testing knowledge is a plus
Education and Experience
- Engineering BS/MS in EE or SW
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