GaN Test Engineer

Navitas Semiconductor; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 900,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Navitas Semiconductor in Maharashtra, India, seeks an experienced semiconductor test engineer to drive development, validation, and release of advanced SiC/GaN test solutions. You will design, debug, and maintain automated test programs, while ensuring robust hardware and software interfaces for high-voltage, high-current testing.

You will collaborate with global teams, analyze test data, and contribute to yield improvements, process control, and sustained production ramp.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• 3–5 years of experience in semiconductor test engineering, product engineering, characterization, or manufacturing test.
• Experience developing, debugging, or validating automated test programs or semiconductor test solutions.
• Experience using electrical test equipment such as source-measure units, oscilloscopes, curve tracers, power supplies, or similar instruments.
• Experience with test data analysis, technical documentation, and engineering problem solving.
• Ability to work safely with electrical test systems and follow controlled engineering processes.

Responsibilities

• Support development, validation, qualification, and release of wafer sort, final test, characterization, and module test solutions for SiC and GaN products.
• Develop and maintain test programs, test plans, specifications, limits, validation reports, and release documentation under senior engineering guidance.
• Execute DC, AC, dynamic, parametric, high-voltage, high-current, and application-relevant device testing.
• Support characterization across temperature, voltage, current, and operating conditions to confirm product performance and test coverage.
• Design, debug, and validate test hardware such as probe cards, load boards, sockets, fixtures, and interface hardware.
• Support qualification and troubleshooting of ATE, probers, handlers, instruments, and test hardware.
• Perform test program correlation and transfer between internal laboratories, OSATs, and external test locations.
• Analyze test and manufacturing data to identify yield loss, false failures, test escapes, equipment issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Participate in root-cause analysis and corrective actions for test-related yield, quality, reliability, and manufacturing issues.
• Support improvements in test coverage, repeatability, throughput, uptime, multisite efficiency, and cost of test.
• Create scripts and automated tools for test execution, data collection, reporting, and engineering analysis.
• Support new product introduction, qualification, Safe Launch, production ramp, and sustaining engineering activities.
• Provide clear technical updates, document results, and complete assigned actions on schedule.

Skills

Semiconductor testing

Automated test equipment

Data analysis

Python scripting

LabVIEW

Education

Bachelor's or MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Source-measure units

Oscilloscopes

Curve tracers

Power supplies

Job description

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Support development, validation, qualification, and release of wafer sort, final test, characterization, and module test solutions for SiC and GaN products.
• Develop and maintain test programs, test plans, specifications, limits, validation reports, and release documentation under senior engineering guidance.
• Execute DC, AC, dynamic, parametric, high-voltage, high-current, and application-relevant device testing.
• Support characterization across temperature, voltage, current, and operating conditions to confirm product performance and test coverage.
• Design, debug, and validate test hardware such as probe cards, load boards, sockets, fixtures, and interface hardware.
• Support qualification and troubleshooting of ATE, probers, handlers, instruments, and test hardware.
• Perform test program correlation and transfer between internal laboratories, OSATs, and external test locations.
• Analyze test and manufacturing data to identify yield loss, false failures, test escapes, equipment issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Participate in root-cause analysis and corrective actions for test-related yield, quality, reliability, and manufacturing issues.
• Support improvements in test coverage, repeatability, throughput, uptime, multisite efficiency, and cost of test.
• Create scripts and automated tools for test execution, data collection, reporting, and engineering analysis.
• Support new product introduction, qualification, Safe Launch, production ramp, and sustaining engineering activities.
• Provide clear technical updates, document results, and complete assigned actions on schedule.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics (KSAOs)

• Working knowledge of semiconductor device testing and electrical measurement fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with automated test equipment, laboratory instruments, wafer probing, final test, or test hardware.
• Ability to analyze data, troubleshoot technical issues, and use structured problem-solving methods.
• Basic understanding of semiconductor device behavior, test limits, measurement accuracy, and yield analysis.
• Proficiency with data analysis and scripting tools such as Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or equivalent tools.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work across global teams.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple technical assignments.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3-5 years of experience in semiconductor test engineering, product engineering, characterization, or manufacturing test.
• Experience developing, debugging, or validating automated test programs or semiconductor test solutions.
• Experience using electrical test equipment such as source-measure units, oscilloscopes, curve tracers, power supplies, or similar instruments.
• Experience with test data analysis, technical documentation, and engineering problem solving.
• Ability to work safely with electrical test systems and follow controlled engineering processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing SiC, GaN, silicon power devices, power ICs, or power modules.
• Experience with high-voltage, high-current, dynamic, switching, thermal, or reliability testing.
• Exposure to wafer sort, final test, ATE, probers, handlers, probe cards, load boards, or sockets.
• Knowledge of design for testability, guard banding, outlier detection, statistical process control, or test limit optimization.
• Experience with databases, automated reporting, or scripting for test data analysis.