Sr. Product Engineer

Primary responsibility to bring IC products to high-volume production. Primary interface to internal design teams, primary interface to suppliers and other 3rd party contractors and interfacing with customers regarding any and all production related issues. Responsible for the product from product inception all the way through end of life of the product.

Main duties for this role include but are not limited to:

• Interface with design groups to ensure manufacturability of the product, including testability, yield, and quality

• In case 3rd party IP is integrated with the product, ensure manufacturability, yield and testability of 3rd party IP

• Close interaction with quality to ensure necessary quality requirements are properly implemented

• Deliver production test program for the product, including HW development and bench correlation

• Manage test program transfer to overseas test-house

• Execute on product qualification of the product, including selection/qualification/interfacing with necessary 3rd party partners (HTOL, ESD, LU), package qualification and board qualification

• Define and deliver package for the product

• Drive product qualification schedule

• Deliver required product qualification documentation

• Maintain traceability of production flow

• Drive ongoing cost reduction for the product (test time reduction, yield optimization)

• Day to day management of foundry partner(s)

• Day to day management of test partner(s)

• Day to day management of packaging partner(s)

• Own tape-out process including check-list

• Manage field returns

• Manage production release process

• Manage product qualification budget

• Own cost model and manage over-all cost trade-offs during product development process

• Planning of test-chips, engineering samples and early production ramp

Minimum qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience

• B.Sc, M.Sc in EE preferred

• Candidate has been responsible to drive silicon products into high-volume production with tier-1 customers

• Experience with auto-motive products is a plus

• Experience with embedded flash technology is a plus

• Delivered products in advanced CMOS process nodes

• Thorough understanding of industry requirements for high-volume Si product qualification and involvement with standards bodies (JEDEC)

• Excellent network with tier-1 suppliers in the entire silicon supply chain

• Fluent with Teradyne or Advantest test platforms

• Proven debugging skills

• Proven program management skills

• Great team player, communicator and collaborator

• Role is based in Irvine and will require occasional travel to meet with customers and suppliers

*To apply, send your PDF resume to join (at) syntiant (dot) com with the subject line “Sr. Product Engineer”.