Principal Product Engineer: NPI, Reliability & Yield

Celero Communications, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Celero Communications, Inc. is seeking a hands‑on Senior/Principal Product Engineer to drive productization from development to high‑volume manufacturing for coherent DSP ICs.

You will lead NPI, reliability qualification, test, and yield optimization across cross‑functional teams. The role emphasizes data‑driven decisions, strong collaboration with design, test, supply chain, and operations, and a focus on Known Good Die and packaged products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 10+ years in product engineering, silicon manufacturing, reliability engineering, or related IC lifecycle roles.
• Proven experience taking complex ICs from first silicon through qualification and volume manufacturing.
• Strong background in reliability qualification, stress testing, and failure analysis.

Responsibilities

• Drive end‑to‑end NPI execution from first silicon through qualification, sampling, and volume production.
• Define NPI milestones, readiness criteria, and exit conditions across design, test, reliability, manufacturing, and operations.
• Work with silicon design, DFT, test engineering, supply chain, and operations to ensure manufacturable launches.
• Identify risks early and lead mitigation through data‑driven decision making.
• Define and execute reliability and qualification strategies for advanced‑node coherent DSP ICs, including KGD qualification.
• Develop and own reliability stress plans (HTOL, HTSL, temperature cycling, ESD, latch‑up, early‑life failure).
• Manage external reliability lab execution, scheduling, reporting, and failure analysis.
• Analyze qualification data and drive product release readiness based on measured risk and maturity.
• Define internal product quality targets; own quality metrics related to silicon maturity, yield stability, and manufacturing readiness.
• Drive root‑cause analysis for quality or reliability excursions and lead corrective actions.

Skills

NPI management

Manufacturing readiness

Yield optimization

Reliability engineering

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

KGD knowledge

Wafer testing

Data analysis

Job description

Celero Communications, Inc. is seeking a hands‑on Senior/Principal Product Engineer to drive productization from development to high‑volume manufacturing for coherent DSP ICs.

You will lead NPI, reliability qualification, test, and yield optimization across cross‑functional teams. The role emphasizes data‑driven decisions, strong collaboration with design, test, supply chain, and operations, and a focus on Known Good Die and packaged products.