Director of Product Engineering

Socket.dev; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k savings plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Paid time off

Job summary

MaxLinear is seeking a Director of Product Engineering to lead and mentor a high-performance hardware and software team through design, validation, and manufacturing readiness. You will drive product lifecycle excellence, define KPIs, collaborate across functions, and own yield, cost of test, and testability initiatives while shaping the organization strategy for CMOS RF/ mm-wave products.

You will oversee silicon bring-up, characterization, qualification, and production releases, ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience releasing products on advanced CMOS process nodes (16nm and below).
• Deep knowledge of mm-wave, RF, mixed-signal and CMOS logic.
• Experience with ATE such as Verigy and Teradyne.
• Experience using data analysis software to generate characterization reports.
• Experience recruiting, managing, and mentoring engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and mentor engineering talent while fostering technical excellence.
• Drive transition of products from design to manufacturing and own manufacturing performance.
• Lead product bring-up, silicon validation, and production release activities.
• Define strategy, goals, KPIs, and resource plans aligned with objectives.
• Collaborate across functions to optimize yield, testability, and manufacturability.

Skills

CMOS process knowledge

mm-wave expertise

RF and mixed-signal design

CMOS logic design

ATE (Verigy/Teradyne)

Data analysis tools (Galaxy, DataCon,

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Verigy

Teradyne

Galaxy

DataConductor

DataPower

Job description

Responsibilities

MaxLinear is seeking a Director of Product Engineering to join our team. In this role, you will focus on the following:

• Build and mentor engineering talent while fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and innovation
• Drive seamless transition of products from design to manufacturing and own product manufacturing performance throughout the entire product lifecycle
• Lead product bring-up, silicon validation, characterization, qualification, and production release activities
• Define organizational strategy, goals, KPIs, and resource plans aligned with company objectives
• Collaborate closely with cross functional organizations to optimize performance, yield, testability, and manufacturability
• Establish manufacturing readiness criteria and ensure successful product ramp
• Own product yield improvement initiatives across wafer fabrication, assembly, and final test operations
• Implement statistical process control (SPC), DOE, FMEA, and advanced analytics techniques.
• Analyze product and test data to identify yield detractors and implement corrective actions
• Develop strategies to improve cost of test, manufacturing efficiency, and overall product margins
• Support customer escalations, product quality investigations, and field-return analysis
• Establish and manage OSAT scorecards and KPIs to ensure world-class execution in quality, yield, cost, delivery, and cycle time

Qualifications

• Experience with releasing products on advanced CMOS Process nodes (16nm and below)
• Deep knowledge of mm-wave, RF, Mixed signal and CMOS logic circuit principles
• Knowledge and experience with ATE (Automatic Test Equipment), such as Verigy and Teradyne
• Experience with Data Analysis S/W such as Galaxy, Data Conductor or DataPower to create Characterization Reports and monitor production Yield
• Experience recruiting, managing, and mentoring an engineering team
• BS in Electrical Engineering or related +13 years of experience, or MS +11 years of experience, or Ph.D. +8 years of experience

Compensation and Benefits

MaxLinear has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock-based compensation.

MaxLinear's good faith estimate starting base salary range is: $187,000 to $251,Annually

We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are: health care benefits, 401k savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off.

The actual starting base salary will be determined by the match to certain role-related criteria such as educational degree(s) or equivalent, relevant work experience, skillset needed for the role, and geographic location; this is not an all-inclusive list as some roles may require unique skills or experience.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Company Overview

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi‑Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.