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Job Description:
We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Product Engineer to join the Microcontroller BU Operations team supporting the FPGA Business Unit in San Jose, CA. The Operations Product Engineering team is responsible for supporting FPGA and SoC products throughout qualification, production ramp, and high-volume manufacturing, with a focus on product quality, reliability, yield improvement, and operational performance.
In this role, you will support current and next-generation FPGA/SoC products through manufacturing issues, product yield enhancement and failure analysis for current and next-generation FPGA/SoC products. The successful candidate will work closely with Design, Technology Development, and Customer Support teams to resolve complex product-related issues and support products from qualification through high-volume production.
Job Responsibilities
- Support current and next-generation FPGA/SoC products through qualification, manufacturing ramp, and production.
- Perform failure analysis and yield enhancement activities on FPGA/SoC products.
- Analyze electrical test data, wafer sort data, and production trends to identify yield and quality improvement opportunities.
- Support manufacturing issue resolution and drive corrective actions for product and test-related challenges.
- Participate in silicon debug and validation activities related to production readiness and sustaining engineering efforts.
- Work closely with Design, Technology Development, Product/Test Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Reliability, and Customer Support teams to resolve product issues and support continuous improvement initiatives.
- Prepare technical summaries, data analysis, and engineering recommendations based on product and manufacturing findings.
Requirements/Qualifications:
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering
- 5+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience
- Solid understanding of digital circuits, CMOS logic, VLSI fundamentals, and semiconductor physics.
- Experience analyzing electrical test, characterization, yield, or manufacturing data.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working in a laboratory environment using electrical test and debug equipment.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting FPGA, SoC, ASIC, CPLD, or related semiconductor products.
- Experience performing failure analysis and root cause investigations.
- Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing, qualification, and reliability processes.
- Experience supporting production ramp, sustaining engineering, or yield improvement activities.
- Familiarity with data analysis, scripting, or engineering automation tools.
Travel Time:
0% - 25%
Physical Attributes:
Feeling, Hearing, Other, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others
Physical Requirements:
10% walking, 10% standing, 80% sitting; 100% in doors; Usual business hours
Pay Range:
We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:
Benefits of working at Microchip
The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $70,304 - $205,000.*
*Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.
Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.
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