Offshore Operations: Product and Test Engineer

This role is based in Penang and is onsite in a resident office at OSAT.

Established in 2001, EnSilica plc is a designing industry leading, application specific integrated circuit chips (ASIC), for customers ranging from start-ups to blue chip companies, in industries including: automotive, medical, space and mobile technology companies. With its head office on Milton Park, Oxfordshire, and other offices in the UK (Bristol, Sheffield & Cambridge), Brazil (Porto Alegre & Campinas), India (Bangalore) and Hungary (Budapest), EnSilica currently employs around 230 people.

We are seeking an experienced Semiconductor Product and Test Engineer to join an exciting fabless semiconductor company. The role will be working with supplier, vendor, planner and internal design team to successfully launch new products into mass production with yield. And monitoring production test performance at OSATs of Asia.

The successful candidate will be a first line engineer to provide guidance and leading supplier to resolve production issue and optimize the production process/procedure for yield improvement.   

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with OSAT departments to ensure smooth wafer and final test operation.
• Perform data analysis for production lot disposition.
• Co-work with OSAT and vendors to resolve production low yield issue.
• Support new test program, test H/W and Tester qualification for production released.
• Manage test hardware and tooling inventory, review forecast with planner for spare part ordering.
• Identify/resolve production test setup and low yield issue on both Wafer and Final test production.

• Develop good working relationships with manufacturing partners and vendors.
• Support Production ramp up activities together with the Product Engineering and Test Engineering counterparts.
• Maintain test hardware and software to support production testing and product qualification. 

Key Skills and Experience

Essential

• Bachelor EE/ME and 5+ years of experience as a Product Test engineering.
• Hands on experience in data analysis software (yieldHub is preferable).

• Experience in semiconductor test qualification. (HW, SW and test machine)

• Experience with Supplier and vendor management.

• Understanding of 8D methodology.

• Understanding of test manufacturing process and production procedures.

Desirable

• Knowledge on probe card, Load board and test tooling design is advantage.
• Knowledge on various test handlers, like PnP, Turrent, bowl feeder handler.

• Familiar with Total quality mindset. (like First time right, zero defect, Change management)
• Familiarity with device assembly (QFN, QFP,BGA) process is advantage.

Personality

• Strong communication skills, which enable you to interface easily and effectively with cross-functional stakeholders in an international environment.

• You think holistically, are creative, and have a quick grasp, which enables you to maintain an overview in complex situations and make well-founded decisions.
• You are a problem-solver and can work independently and with drive to achieve results.

• Self-motivated, willing to take ownership of problems and provide suitable solutions.

• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.

• Ability to work in a dynamic environment.

Position Specifics

This role is resident in our supplier office which is located in Malaysia.