Associate III - Semiconductor Product Validation

UST; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

UST in Singapore seeks a talented Validation Engineer to conduct root cause analysis, validate semiconductor products, and mentor junior engineers. Responsibilities include creating documentation, performing escape analysis, and executing test plans. Ideal candidates possess strong bug advocacy skills, experience with testing tools like ATE, and a solid understanding of semiconductor architectures. The role emphasizes collaboration and effective communication with clients and team members.

Qualifications

• Ability to estimate time required for both own work and junior engineers.
• Proven skills in validation and testing methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct root cause analysis and bug advocacy.
• Perform escape analysis and validate products.
• Create documentation and reporting templates.

Skills

Bug advocacy

Report consolidation

Automation scripting

Windows OS troubleshooting

BIOS drivers knowledge

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Tools

Statistical tools (e.g., SQL, JMP)

ATE (Advantest 93k)

Job description

Role Description

Role Proficiency: Conducts root cause analysis and bug advocacy in Semiconductor Products; tracking activities to closure with very minimal supervision.

Outcomes

• Conducts validation and root cause analysis
• Perform escape analysis
• Isolate/packetize the failures to correct components
• Attend customer meeting and communicate effectively on the requirements and results.
• Locate the product failures and report it in test repository and bug tracker
• Learn technology business domain system domain individually and as recommended by the project/account
• Complete the certifications for the role (like ISTQB UST GAMMA certifications)
• Execute test cases across the functionalities

Measures of Outcomes

• Number of showstoppers and critical bugs found
• Adherence to schedule / timelines
• Number of defects post delivery
• Number of non-compliance issues
• Reduction of recurrence of known defects by SLA
• SLA in turnaround of production bugs
• Defined productivity standards for project
• Completion of all mandatory training requirements

Outputs Expected

• Perform task deliverables with quality and targeting completion timeframe.

Estimate

• Estimate time effort and resource dependence for one's own work and for others’ work.

Document

• Create documentation for own work
• Create test reporting templates BKMs and knowledge sharing documents for team

Status Reporting

• Report status of tasks assigned
• Compliance with validation standards and process

Mentoring

• Host classroom training sessions for the junior validation engineers
• Set FAST goals and provide feedback to FAST goals of mentees

Skill Examples

• Should possess good bug advocacy skills
• Should have good report consolidation and presentation skills as well as diplomacy
• Should have automation scripting skills
• Should be able to do severity and priority identification of sightings raised
• Working with Windows OS flavours and installation
• Working with BIOS drivers and various display protocols
• Ability to estimate effort time required for own work and for the junior engineers
• Ability to perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environment
• Work in a team environment
• Good written and verbal communication abilities
• Possess good analytical skills

Knowledge Examples

• Excellent domain and product knowledge
  • Good knowledge of CPU/ GPU architecture
  • Awareness of Benchmarking tools and their functionalities
  • Possesses very good knowledge of products

Additional Comments

1 ATE Test Engineer

• Plan and execute pattern validation plans based on schedule
• Plan and execute on charz plans based on schedule
• Support HTOL and Pkg qualification activities based on schedule
• Provide DIB boards design guidelines based on schedule
• Work with AMD Pkg and HWI team for HW readiness based on schedule
• Work with AMD design team for content readiness based on schedule
• ATE test program development, validation and release
• Plan and execute sample deliveries plan based on schedule
• Plan and execute yield attainment plans based on schedule
• Plan and execute test time attainment plans based on schedule
• Align testpoints and define Vid bucketing based on schedule
• Work with Quality to support RMA debug to meet cycle time with the customers and drive quality improvements to meet targeted DPPM
• Qualifying OSAT for manufacturing testing
• Manufacturing, and post-manufacturing product life cycle support 3.2 Product Engineering
• Familiarity with Semiconductor (CMOS) Testing
• Familiarity with Personal Computer Systems (basic Motherboard configuration, Windows OS, base BIOS settings)
• Familiarity with ATE (Advantest 93k) operation, debug and data collection features.
• Data Analysis know-how, base ability with statistical tools (e.g. SQL, JMP, etc.)
• Familiarity with DFT concepts (ATPG, BIST, etc)
• Have experience on yield engineering and driving yield margin
• Work with AMD system teams to align on Vid allocation methodology and ensure product bounding box is met

Skills

• Validation
• Team Building
• Bug Fixing