Head of Semiconductor Product Development for Automotive

Ethernovia, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre IPO stock options

Flexible hours

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Job summary

Ethernovia, Inc. in San Jose, CA is seeking a Head of Product Development Engineering to drive NPI to HVM for high-speed Ethernet switch and PHY products.

You will own end-to-end test, characterization, and manufacturing readiness, bridging world-class chip designs with automotive-grade silicon production. The role requires hands-on leadership in semiconductor product development, coordinating with Arch, Design, SW/FW, DFT, and QA teams, and guiding test strategies from wafer to system.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in fabless semiconductor ops for SOCs or networking ICs.
• Direct experience with ATE and SLT testing, and system correlation.
• Experience with foundries, assembly houses, test houses, and OSATs for high-volume NPI-HVM.
• Expertise with iJTAG, Scan, MBIST, SerDes, LSIO/HSIO testing on ATE.
• Experience productizing high-speed chips balancing PPY (power/perf/yield).
• Knowledge of automotive electronics standards (IATF 16949, ISO 26262).

Responsibilities

• End-to-end product test and hardware ownership from pre-silicon to post-silicon.
• Execute NPI bring-up for high-speed Ethernet switch and PHY products.
• Drive manufacturing flow from wafer starts to sample delivery and test strategy.
• Own characterization, ATE-to-system correlation, productization and manufacturing specs.
• Own yield improvement across process/package/test while meeting auto quality.

Skills

12+ years fabless semiconductor ops

ATE and SLT testing

Foundries/OSATs coordination

High-speed SerDes testing

Automotive electronics standards

Startup environment leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

iJTAG/Scan

MBIST testing

ATE System characterization

Data analysis & scripting

Job description

Ethernovia, Inc. in San Jose, CA is seeking a Head of Product Development Engineering to drive NPI to HVM for high-speed Ethernet switch and PHY products.

You will own end-to-end test, characterization, and manufacturing readiness, bridging world-class chip designs with automotive-grade silicon production. The role requires hands-on leadership in semiconductor product development, coordinating with Arch, Design, SW/FW, DFT, and QA teams, and guiding test strategies from wafer to system.