Product Development Engineer

754 Altera Semiconductor Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd.; George Town; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

754 Altera Semiconductor Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. is seeking a Test Engineer to evaluate and qualify designs on automatic test equipment (ATE) in George Town, Penang. This role encompasses software development, collaboration with design teams, and ensuring manufacturability across processes.

The ideal candidate holds a BS/MS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and has strong programming and problem-solving skills. A solid understanding of digital and analog circuits is essential.

This regular position operates on Shift 1 in Malaysia.

Qualifications

• Candidate must possess at least a BS/MS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong programming knowledge (Python, C++, Perl) and debugging/problem-solving skills.
• Solid understanding of digital and analog circuits, associated test methods, and fault models.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and qualify designs on automatic test equipment (ATE); debug and root-cause issues.
• Perform ATE device characterization and translate results into datasheet specifications.
• Collaborate with design teams for efficient production testing.
• Develop and debug software to control complex test equipment.
• Create and iterate validation and production test hardware solutions.
• Analyze component specifications versus performance.
• Assess manufacturability and resolve yield issues.
• Reduce test time through optimized workflows.
• Investigate early customer returns to drive test closure.
• Lead manufacturing readiness for new products.

Skills

Programming knowledge (Python, C++, Perl)

Debugging/problem-solving skills

Understanding of digital and analog circuits

Education

BS/MS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Overview

In Test Engineering (TE) Team, we offer opportunities to develop technical depth and organizational leadership in a fundamentally sound organization developing breakthrough test methodology and solutions. This role drives and develops testability and manufacturability of integrated circuits from the component feasibility stage through production ramp. It contributes to the design, development, and validation of testability circuits, test flows, and methodologies for new products through evaluation, development, and debugging of complex test methods. Interfaces with process development, fab, factory, assembly, quality and reliability, and manufacturing groups to enable post-silicon HVM ramp. Evaluates new designs on automatic test equipment (ATE) and works with design, DFx, and product development teams to debug functionality and performance issues to root cause. Performs ATE device characterization, uses that data to define datasheet specifications, and conducts yield analysis. Collaborates with designers to drive design for test/debug/manufacturing (DFT/DFD/DFM) features enabling efficient production testing of new products. Develops and debugs complex software programs to convert design validation vectors and drive complex test equipment. Creates and tests validation and production test hardware solutions. Tests, validates, modifies, and redesigns circuits to guarantee component margin to specification. Analyzes and evaluates component specifications versus performance to ensure optimal match of component requirements with production equipment capability, with emphasis on yield analysis and bin split capability. Ensures manufacturability over process and product design through thorough analysis of process and spec corners and works with design to resolve yield issues before manufacturing ramp. Drives test time reduction through analysis of fallout data versus test time for various IPs to balance and drive overall product cost optimizations. Analyzes early customer returns with emphasis on driving test hole closure activities. Creates and applies concepts for optimizing component production relative to both quality and cost constraints. Leads and drives manufacturing readiness from fab, assembly, and test factory to support engineering sample and customer sample generation (ES milestones), wafer start planning, product qual execution strategy and capacity analysis, and assembly and test site certification activities. Works with fab, assembly, and test factory partners and planners to support production ramp. May also manage execution of new product introductions in the fab, fab process targeting, product/process optimizations, and participate in factory task forces to bring product perspective and respond to product issues. Optimizes product supply through data analysis of post-silicon binsplit, die level cherry pick (DLCP), and optimize sort/test content and yield downstream through data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and qualify designs on automatic test equipment (ATE); debug and root-cause functionality and performance issues in collaboration with design, DFx, and product development teams.
• Perform ATE device characterization and translate results into datasheet specifications and yield analyses.
• Collaborate with design teams to implement design for test/debug/manufacturing (DFT/DFD/DFM) features for efficient production testing.
• Develop and debug software to convert validation vectors and control complex test equipment.
• Create, test, and iterate validation and production test hardware solutions; modify and redesign circuits to ensure margin to specification.
• Analyze component specifications versus performance to ensure alignment with production equipment capability; emphasize yield analysis and bin split capability.
• Assess manufacturability across process and product design; work with design teams to resolve yield issues before ramp.
• Reduce test time by analyzing fallout data and optimizing test workflows to balance cost and performance across IPs.
• Investigate early customer returns to drive test hole closure activities.
• Develop concepts to optimize component production with quality and cost constraints.
• Lead manufacturing readiness across fab, assembly, and test factory for ES milestones, wafer start planning, and qualification strategies; coordinate certification activities.
• Collaborate with fab, assembly, and test factory partners to support production ramp and readiness for new products.
• Possibly manage execution of new product introductions in the fab, fab process targeting, and product/process optimizations; participate in factory task forces for product perspective and issue response.
• Optimize product supply via data analysis of post-silicon binsplit, DLCP, and yield optimization through test content decisions.

Qualifications

• Candidate must possess at least a BS/MS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong programming knowledge (Python, C++, Perl) and debugging/problem-solving skills.
• Solid understanding of digital and analog circuits, associated test methods, and fault models.

Job Details

Job Type: Regular

Shift: Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location: Penang 15, Penang, Malaysia

Additional Locations:

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.