Lead Modem & SoC ATE Test Engineer

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Senior Modem ATE Test Engineer in San Diego to lead digital test development for complex ASIC/SoC and modem devices on Advantest 93K and Teradyne UltraFLEX. You will own test content end-to-end, collaborating with ASIC, DFT, and manufacturing teams to ensure testability and cost-effective high-volume production.

You will drive efficiency and yield through advanced test methodologies, debug, and pattern conversion, while mentoring junior engineers and supporting qualification

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in electrical or computer engineering.
• 7+ years in digital ATE test development in high-volume manufacturing.
• Experience testing complex SoCs and modem/wireless devices in 7nm and below.
• Experience with Advantest 93K and Teradyne UltraFLEX test platforms.
• Familiar with JTAG/boundary-scan and DFT/DFM principles.
• Experience with scan/ATPG, MBIST, Vmin, and loopback tests.
• Proficiency in 100G+ SERDES tests with equalization and jitter analysis.
• Experience with wafer sort and final test ATE hardware bring-up and debugging.
• Strong written and verbal communication; willingness to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Develop, debug, and release digital test programs for ASIC/SoC and modem devices on Advantest 93K and Teradyne UltraFLEX.
• Build and debug scan/ATPG content for complex ASIC/SoC and modem devices.
• Implement MBIST and memory repair flows.
• Characterize silicon performance and process variation with ring oscillator tests.
• Test I/O interfaces such as I3C, SPI, and GPIO.
• Optimize high-speed SERDES/HSIO tests including equalization and jitter.
• Convert test patterns to tester formats and validate on hardware.
• Bring up new devices and define test conditions for production limits and guard bands.
• Lead device correlation between wafer sort and final test.
• Reduce test time and cost while preserving coverage.
• Design and review FT and wafer sort hardware like load boards and probe cards.
• Collaborate with design and DFT teams to meet Amazon standards.
• Analyze production data to improve yield and test efficiency.
• Mentor junior test engineers and lead technical reviews.

Skills

Digital ATE test development

Test program development

DFT/DFM principles

JTAG/boundary-scan

High-speed SERDES testing

Test data analysis (Cp/Cpk)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Advantest 93K

Teradyne UltraFLEX

STIL/WGL patterns

Load board / probe card design

JTAG

Job description

Amazon seeks a Senior Modem ATE Test Engineer in San Diego to lead digital test development for complex ASIC/SoC and modem devices on Advantest 93K and Teradyne UltraFLEX. You will own test content end-to-end, collaborating with ASIC, DFT, and manufacturing teams to ensure testability and cost-effective high-volume production.

You will drive efficiency and yield through advanced test methodologies, debug, and pattern conversion, while mentoring junior engineers and supporting qualification