Sr. Manager, GaN Product Engineering

Navitas Semiconductor; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Navitas Semiconductor in Maharashtra, India, is seeking a senior GaN product engineer to own day-to-day execution of NPI and sustaining activities from concept through formal release. You will plan programs, coordinate milestones, and mitigate risks with cross-functional teams, ensuring datasheet accuracy and customer readiness.

The role requires strong hands-on experience with GaN power devices, device physics, and high‑voltage characterization, with leadership across engineering and test

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or BS with significant power semiconductor experience.
• 8+ years in semiconductor product engineering, NPI, qualification or sustaining of power devices.
• Hands-on GaN power devices experience and understanding of device physics.
• Experience with APQP, NPI processes, wafer probe, and data-driven decision making.
• Strong execution, cross-functional communication and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day execution of GaN product engineering and new product development programs from concept through release using APQP.
• Develop detailed program plans with milestones, deliverables, and release criteria.
• Track execution, identify risks, and drive mitigation with cross-functional owners.
• Lead NPI activities from development to production release including characterization and reliability evaluation.
• Characterize GaN devices including breakdown voltage, leakage, switching and gate drive behavior.
• Support evaluation and production release of GaN technologies including 650 V and 100 V platforms.
• Drive datasheet inputs, reliability summaries and product release documentation.
• Mentor product engineering and sustain released products through lifecycle.

Skills

GaN power devices

APQP

NPI

Electrical characterization

Reliability analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven problem solving

Semiconductor physics

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering

BS with significant relevant power semiconductor experience

Tools

Wafer probe equipment

High-voltage test equipment

SPICE/Device modeling

Job description

• Own day-to-day execution of assigned GaN product engineering and new product development programs from concept through formal product release using the APQP framework and disciplined milestone execution.
• Develop and maintain detailed program plans including scope, milestones, deliverables, ownership, dependencies, qualification gates, datasheet inputs, test readiness, and release criteria.
• Track execution versus plan and proactively identify schedule, yield, qualification, test, reliability, manufacturing, and product readiness risks; drive risk mitigation with cross-functional owners.
• Lead product engineering activities supporting NPI from development through production release, including electrical characterization, parametric analysis, yield monitoring, reliability evaluation, test limit development, and process window definition.
• Perform and guide characterization of GaN power devices including breakdown voltage, leakage, dynamic RDS(on), switching performance, gate drive behavior, switching loss, and application-relevant performance metrics.
• Support evaluation, qualification, and production release of GaN technologies including 650 V GaN, 100 V GaN, and related wide bandgap power device platforms.
• Drive definition of CP, FT, QC, characterization with technology and test engineering,
• Execute qualification plans and review reliability data to ensure product robustness, datasheet alignment, customer readiness, and release readiness.
• Drive creation and review of preliminary datasheets, final datasheet inputs, characterization reports, reliability summaries, and supporting product release documentation.
• Translate device, test, reliability, and manufacturing behavior into actionable guidance for applications, systems, customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to product engineering and NPI engineers and support transition of released products to sustaining teams.
• Own sustaining engineering activities for released products, including yield monitoring, test and manufacturing issues, reliability concerns, customer returns, corrective actions, and product change management.

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Own day-to-day execution of assigned GaN product engineering and new product development programs from concept through formal product release using the APQP framework and disciplined milestone execution.
• Develop and maintain detailed program plans including scope, milestones, deliverables, ownership, dependencies, qualification gates, datasheet inputs, test readiness, and release criteria.
• Track execution versus plan and proactively identify schedule, yield, qualification, test, reliability, manufacturing, and product readiness risks; drive risk mitigation with cross-functional owners.
• Lead product engineering activities supporting NPI from development through production release, including electrical characterization, parametric analysis, yield monitoring, reliability evaluation, test limit development, and process window definition.
• Perform and guide characterization of GaN power devices including breakdown voltage, leakage, dynamic RDS(on), switching performance, gate drive behavior, switching loss, and application-relevant performance metrics.
• Support evaluation, qualification, and production release of GaN technologies including 650 V GaN, 100 V GaN, and related wide bandgap power device platforms.
• Drive definition of CP, FT, QC, characterization with technology and test engineering,
• Execute qualification plans and review reliability data to ensure product robustness, datasheet alignment, customer readiness, and release readiness.
• Drive creation and review of preliminary datasheets, final datasheet inputs, characterization reports, reliability summaries, and supporting product release documentation.
• Translate device, test, reliability, and manufacturing behavior into actionable guidance for applications, systems, customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to product engineering and NPI engineers and support transition of released products to sustaining teams.
• Own sustaining engineering activities for released products, including yield monitoring, test and manufacturing issues, reliability concerns, customer returns, corrective actions, and product change management.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Semiconductor Physics, Power Electronics, or related field; BS with significant relevant power semiconductor experience may be considered.
• 8+ years of semiconductor industry experience including product engineering, NPI, qualification, production ramp, or sustaining of power semiconductor devices.
• Hands‑on experience with GaN power devices, GaN HEMTs, or related wide bandgap semiconductor technologies.
• Strong understanding of power semiconductor device physics, switching behavior, reliability mechanisms, and manufacturing sensitivities.
• Hands‑on laboratory experience with electrical characterization of power devices, including high‑voltage parametric testing, dynamic RDS(on), double‑pulse testing, and switching loss measurement.
• Experience supporting product qualification, reliability data review, datasheet validation, test limit development, and formal product release readiness.
• Working knowledge of APQP, semiconductor NPI processes, wafer probe, final test, quality control, failure analysis, yield management, and risk‑based decision making.
• Strong technical execution, program management, data‑driven problem‑solving, cross‑functional communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience productizing high‑voltage GaN HEMTs
• Experience interfacing with wafer fabrication, OSAT, backend manufacturing, test, reliability, applications, and customer‑facing technical teams.
• Familiarity with application‑level validation, gate‑drive optimization, switching characterization platforms, and power converter operating conditions.
• Prior experience leading or mentoring product engineering, NPI, characterization, qualification, or sustaining engineering teams.