Sr. Manager, GaN Product Engineering

NAVITAS SEMICONDUCTOR USA, INC.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,300,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

NAVITAS SEMICONDUCTOR USA, INC. in Pune is seeking a senior engineer to own GaN product engineering from concept to release, applying APQP and milestone-driven execution.

You will lead NPI, qualification, and sustaining activities, mentor junior engineers, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure datasheet alignment, reliability, and customer readiness.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Semiconductor Physics, Power Electronics, or BS with significant relevant power semiconductor experience.
• 8+ years of semiconductor industry experience in product engineering, NPI, qualification, production ramp, or sustaining of power semiconductor devices.
• Hands-on experience with GaN power devices / GaN HEMTs.
• Strong understanding of power semiconductor device physics, switching behavior, reliability mechanisms, and manufacturing sensitivities.
• 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 product release readiness.
• Familiarity with 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

GaN power devices

APQP knowledge

cross-functional leadership

data-driven problem solving

Education

Master's/PhD in Electrical Engineering / Semiconductor Physics / Power Electronics

Tools

Electrical characterization hardware

Parametric testing equipment

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Pune

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.

QualificationsRequired 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.