Technical Staff - Test Engineering

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Job Description:

Job duties include

• Work closely with both test operation test engineering (ATE) and new product introduction (DFT) teams
• Develop, debug, simulate and validate manufacturing test vectors and test programs
• Writing scripts used to develop test programs/vectors/data
• Document new product test plans, test flows and hardware
• Perform yield improvement and test time reduction
• Support continuous innovation in test development, rollout, product quality and cost
• Support manufacturing sort and test operation teams on both onshore and offshore test facilities
• Ability to work independently under high pressure and flexibility working in a dynamic environment
• Communicate with other disciplines in the organization

Key values, beliefs, and attitudes

• Initiative (self-motivated, self-confident, self-driven, self-learning, always striving for excellence)
• Commitment (responsible, responsive, commit to winning)
• Solid functional and technical skills
• Work quality ("do it right the first time", attention to detail, good documentation)

Requirements/Qualifications:

Required Skills and Experience

·         BS or MS in EE and 10+ years of experience in Validation/Test development

·         Experience with Manufacturing Test Systems (such as Teradyne J750)

·         Hands on experience in testing and debug of silicon (such as FPGA, ASIC, test chips, etc.)

·         Exposure to JTAG based debuggers is a big plus

·         Understanding basics of silicon manufacturing issues and their design methods. MBIST, Scan Methods and related yield issues

·         Hands-on experience with Verilog and/or VHDL

o   Behavioral, RTL and Gate Level coding, Programming Language Interface

·         Exposure to ASIC/FPGA design flow and methodology is a plus

o   HDL, synthesis, static timing analysis, constraining, Place & Route

·         Comfortable with Unix, Fluent in Perl and/or Shell scripting, agile with Make, and familiar with Revision Control (CVS, SVN, …)

·         Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

·         Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills

·         Must have strong self-learning ability, leadership, and enjoy working in teams

Preferred Skills

·         Working knowledge of Java, C/C++, low level C/assembly

·         Firmware Development: any uController or ARM

·         Experience with Boundary Scan (IEEE 1149.1)

(IEEE 1149.1 Standard, TAP Controller, applications)

·         Working knowledge of SOC and/or FPGA Architectures

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