Senior Silicon Lab Engineer, Product Engineering

This role supports Kuipers custom silicon development on the test / product engineering side - coordinating and executing qualification at our rel lab partners test program development and data collection silicon prototype data collection at our test lab partners and FA / RMA debug and data analysis / review with the internal silicon teams.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
- Handle qual silicon through serialization testing validating data and defining golden unit plan and methodologies.
- Load qual units onto rel chambers for HTOL HAST TC and other stresses.
- Troubleshoot qual failures through golden unit validation visual inspection and non-destructive testing of failing units.
- Audit and verify silicon handling processes at rel and test lab partners to ensure compliance to ESD specifications and procedures.
- Review datalogs at downpoint testing and verify / validate golden unit data.
- Download test datalogs onto internal data management and analytics systems for further analysis with test and product engineering teams.
- Support ongoing rel monitoring activities such as ELFR with coordination between rel and test lab partners. Support data collection for test program development and test hardware validation.
- Large sample data collection and logging in Exensio / JMP through characterization for ASIC product development bring-up.
- RMA coordination with re-balling of defective units at local vendors verification of re-balling through inspection and test data collection on re-balled RMA units.
- FA coordination with local FA labs through debug and physical FA.

A day in the life
Work with the test product engineering teams - following up on lab work at our external lab partners ensuring timely execution and following up on open and pending items. Verify and validate datalogs and upload files to our data systems. Debug qual failures test bring-up and test hardware validation in coordination with the engineering teams.

- Bachelors degree or equivalent in Electronics Electrical Engineering.
- Experience in semiconductor industry handling ASICs through product development and qualification
- 7 years working in a silicon lab environment

- Strong knowledge of qualification procedures and guidelines for advanced semiconductor products.
- Experience in working with external lab partners for ATE testing and reliability stresses.
- Knowledge of standard operating procedures and methodologies in loading / unloading silicon from ATE testers and reliability ovens.
- Familiarity with ESD protocols when handling silicon.
- Knowledge of inspection procedures and non-destructive techniques such as CSAM and X-ray.
- Experience with data collection procedures and data analytic tools such as JMP and Exensio.


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