Director, Test and Product Engineering

Menlo Microsystems

Irvine (CA)

On-site

USD 160,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) with company match

Educational Assistance Program

Job summary

A cutting-edge technology firm in Irvine, CA seeks a Director of Test and Product Engineering to lead a team in defining and deploying test strategies for advanced MEMS switch products. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in test methodologies with over 12 years of experience, including 5 years in management. Responsibilities include overseeing robust test solutions and managing cross-functional teams while driving innovation in testing methodologies. Excellent communication skills and a willingness to travel are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

12 years of experience in test and product engineering, with 5+ years in management.
Detailed knowledge of ATE Production Test Development.
Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

Responsibilities

Lead a team developing robust test solutions for MEMS devices.
Define long-term test strategies aligned with product roadmap.
Oversee production test programs for wafer probe and final test.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Test methodologies

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

TestSTAND

NI PXI test instrumentation

Job description

$160,000 - $180,000 - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. Life insurance and disability plan options. 401(k) with company match. Educational Assistance Program. Paid company-selected holidays & floating holidays. PTO - generous time off progr

About Us

Menlo Micro has reinvented one of the most fundamental building blocks of electronic systems—the electronic switch. Menlo Micro's technology creates a new switch category that eliminates compromises and tradeoffs by combining the benefits of electromechanical and solid-state switches into the best of both worlds with its "Ideal Switch". Are you interested in playing a critical, impactful role and working with top electronic systems talent at an exciting startup backed by industry leaders? Do you want to help create truly disruptive and unique products that will change markets? If you answered yes to both, this may be your opportunity to have a significant impact in a cutting-edge startup with industry-leading technology that will drive electronic systems innovation across a diverse range of industries.

Role Summary and Purpose

Director, Test and Product Engineering will lead a team responsible for defining, developing, and deploying test strategies for advanced MEMS switch products. This role requires strong technical expertise in MEMS or semiconductor test methodologies, leadership in managing cross-functional teams, and strategic vision to scale test infrastructure to meet quality, yield, and cost targets. As manager of the New Product Introduction (NPI) Test Team, you will play a critical role in developing cutting-edge ATE test solutions for both wafer and package-level tests, developing reliability test systems to support product qualification, and ensuring timely development and release-to-production of Menlo Micro test solutions. You will work with test, design, packaging, product and application engineers in both the power and RF product lines, manage the NPI Product Engineering Manager, engage with design engineers and New Technology Introduction (NTI) to address yields, failure analysis, characterization, and qualification. You will report to the Vice President of the NPI team, collaborating with various departments and directly impacting critical roadmaps, creating new product test solutions, and closing Phase 4 of our phase gate process to release new products to production.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of test engineers in developing robust test solutions for MEMS devices.
Define long-term test strategies aligned with product roadmap, manufacturing scalability, and cost targets with support from the test engineers in the NTI team.
Drive innovation in test methodologies, automation, and infrastructure to improve efficiency.
Oversee the design, development, and implementation of production test programs for wafer probe, final test, and reliability-level test.
Ensure DFT (Design for Test) strategies are incorporated during the product design phase.
Complete validation and track new product test results and use that data to analyze readiness for qualification.
Work cross-functionally to solve issues that arise in the design through qualification phase of the products.
Partner with design, NTI and quality teams to optimize test coverage, yield, characterization, capability analysis, and time-to-market.
Collaborate with operations, foundries and OSATs to transfer and sustain test programs in high-volume manufacturing.
Drive continuous improvement in test cost, throughput and reliability.
Represent the Test Development organization in executive-level review and customer engagements.
Communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels, leveraging problem solving, data analysis and critical thinking skills.

Qualifications and Requirements

Bachelor’s or higher-level degree in electronic engineering.
12 years’ experience with at least 5 years in management of a test and product engineering team.
Detailed knowledge of all aspects of ATE Production Test Development including Design-for-Test, Test Plans, HW/SW design, debug, bench correlation, GR&R/Cpk analysis, test time reduction and production release.
Proficiency in ATE software structure and programming of test systems.
Knowledge of precision analog and mixed signal test methods.
Ability to architect new test systems.
Ability to invent creative new test solutions and methods.
Extensive knowledge of ATE hardware design including schematic capture and physical layout.
Solid understanding of ATE production package-level handler and wafer-level prober environments.
Extensive data analysis knowledge including statistical analysis—repeatability studies, GR&R analysis, Cpk analysis, ANOVA, distribution theory, hypothesis analysis—guard banding test limits, using Excel data analysis tools for root cause analysis.
Demonstrated sound DOE practices and ability to investigate, determine root cause, and implement appropriate corrective actions using statistical data analysis methods.
Mentor team to carefully plan experiments and tests to validate ideas/theories and expectations.
Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment including other NPI team members, NTI team, production operation, quality, design and product engineering.
Excellent communication skills.
Willingness to travel up to 15% of the time.
Must be US person per ITAR regulations.
Desired work location is Irvine, CA.