ATE Test Development Engineer

Broadcom; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 172,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(K) with company matching

Paid Family Leave

Paid sick leave and vacation time

Job summary

Broadcom is seeking an ATE Test Development Engineer at its R&D center in Irvine, CA, to develop test programs for high-power networking switches. The role involves hardware development, testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Teradyne UltraFlex testers, proven skills in debugging, and analysis, and a Bachelor’s degree with significant relevant experience. This position offers an attractive salary range and comprehensive benefits.

Responsibilities

• Develop ATE test program for high power networking switches.
• Drive hardware development, working with PCB and probe vendors.
• Debug and bring up test hardware on ATE.
• Optimize test program for yield improvement.
• Collaborate with product and design engineers.
• Communicate with Asia production team for program releases.

Skills

Hands-on experience with Teradyne UltraFlex tester platforms

Ability to independently develop test programs

Support debugging/troubleshooting

Volume data analysis proficiency

Programming experience for test method development

Understanding chip performance

Extreme temperature testing of ASICs

Experience with AI tools for script development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years of experience or Master’s Degree and 6+ years of experience

Job description

Job Description

Broadcom’s Global Operations supporting Core Switching Group is seeking a candidate for an ATE Test Development Engineer. Products include networking switches for NIC, Scale Up, Scale Out, Scale Across networking for traditional and AI data centers. This position is at our R&D center in Irvine, CA or San Jose, CA. The successful candidate will have hands‑on experience developing test hardware and test programs using UltraFlex testers.

Responsibilities

• Develop ATE test program for networking switches that are high power and have high speed SERDES (>100G) and bring the product from design to manufacturing.
• Drive hardware development including final test and probe, working with PCB designer, probe vendor, socket vendor.
• Debug and bring up test hardware on ATE.
• Drive test time reduction and optimize test program for better yield without impacting quality.
• Work closely with Product Engineers and Design Engineers.
• Communicate with the production team (Asia) to release test programs and collaborate with them.

Skills / Experiences

• Hands‑on experience with Teradyne UltraFlex tester platforms.
• Ability to independently develop test programs, including complex test flows to support chip specifications around performance and power consumption.
• Support debugging/troubleshooting of various failure mechanisms with the part by working with cross‑functional teams.
• Perform volume data analysis, correlate failures with system failures, proficiency with data analysis software/languages.
• Programming experience required for test method development.
• Work with test hardware development teams, understand chip performance at ATE and contributions from the test hardware on chip behavior.
• Experienced with extreme temperature testing of ASICs at ATE.
• Experience with AI tools for quick script development is a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years of related experience, or Master’s Degree and 6+ years of related experience.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary range: $108,000 – $172,800.
• Eligible for discretionary annual bonus and equity according to plan documents and agreements.
• Benefits: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) with company matching, ESPP, EAP, company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence per applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status and any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.