Senior Staff Characterization Engineer

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.; Ireland; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. in Ireland seeks a senior engineering leader to drive silicon characterization programs, working with design, applications and test teams. The role is hands-on with the opportunity to create lasting impact and advance your career.

You will develop ATE and bench characterization strategies, guide testing plans, mentor engineers, and collaborate across functions to meet milestones and customer acceptance criteria.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate or degree qualification in Electronic Engineering or similar.
• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• 5+ years of people management experience.
• Experience in full-product characterisation and ATE test flows.
• Experience and knowledge of power conversion.
• Experience with embedded systems.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• The ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• The ability to support and mentor less experienced team members.

Responsibilities

• Develop IC characterization strategies, covering both ATE and bench environments.
• Develop strategies for accelerated lifetime testing, skew-lot specification and testing and temperature testing.
• Documentation of comprehensive silicon characterization plan.
• Participation and design of dedicated HW to support IC characterization steps.
• Automation of lab-based and ATE-based characterization steps for robust data gathering.
• Extensive collaboration with design and test engineering teams for root-cause analysis.
• AC timing characterization of customer proprietary interfaces.
• Develop methodologies to ensure data discipline for HW platform robustness.
• Planning, tracking and reporting of project progress against milestones.
• Provide an environment of collaboration, learning and rewards.

Skills

Embedded systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

People management

Product design

Product management

UX understanding

ATE testing

Lab characterization

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering or related

Post-graduate degree in Electronic Engineering or similar

Job description

In this position, the successful candidate will work primarily with experienced design, applications and test engineering teams to ensure that Vishay develops silicon that achieves full compliance against target specifications, industry standards and customer acceptance criteria. This is a senior, hands-on role with the opportunity to create a real, lasting impact within the organization and to build a promising career.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Development of IC characterization strategies, covering both ATE and bench level characterization environments as appropriate.
• Development of strategies for accelerated lifetime testing, skew-lot specification and testing and temperature testing.
• Documentation of comprehensive silicon characterization plan.
• Participation and design of dedicated HW to support IC characterization steps.
• Automation of lab-based and ATE-based characterization steps, for robust, repeatable, high quality data result gathering and analysis.
• Structured issue tracking & reporting.
• Extensive collaboration with both design and test engineering teams for detailed circuit analysis and root cause analysis of unexpected or erroneous results.
• AC timing characterization of customer proprietary communications interfaces.
• Development of methodologies and procedures to ensure high levels of data discipline to support HW platform robustness, repeatability of bench-level testing and quality of results.
• Planning, tracking and reporting of project progress against key milestones
• Provide an environment where collaboration, effective communication and learning is fun and rewarding

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree

Travel Required

Yes, 10% of the Time

Experience

Successful candidates will have most of the following:

• Post-graduate or degree qualification in Electronic Engineering or similar.
• 10+ years’ relevant engineering experience.
• 5+ years of people management experience
• Expertise of User Experience, Product Design and Product Management
• Experience of full-product characterisation and ATE test flows.
• Experience and knowledge of power conversion.
• Experience with embedded systems.
• Experience of working in wide-ranging roles and flexible environments.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• The ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• The ability to support and mentor less experienced team members

Vishay offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs designed to help you achieve your personal and professional goals. With us, you’ll experience unique career paths, an open and collaborative culture, a stable business that will be there for you, and opportunities to work globally and locally.