R&D Test Engineering Technician

Keysight Technologies; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 60,140 - 100,230; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision

401(k) Plan

Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Keysight Technologies is seeking an R&D Test Engineering Technician in Santa Rosa, California to support quality data acquisition for process control monitors. This role requires a hands-on engineer experienced in meeting stringent testing requirements, ensuring product quality and performance.

The ideal candidate should have at least 5 years in this domain and be adept in using microwave test equipment and protocols for efficient testing procedures. Keysight offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience as a Test technician or Manufacturing Technician.
• Experience with on-wafer microwave test and calibration.
• Ability to work effectively in a team across multiple functional areas.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate rapid data acquisition of electrical performance of on-wafer PCMs.
• Ensure quality data acquisition on III-V and Silicon Process Control Monitors.
• Create tool recipes and monitor probe inventories.

Skills

RF/Microwave test equipment

Software programming and debugging

Wafer Probers

Problem solving

Interpersonal communication

Education

Higher education or specialized training

5 years experience as Test Technician

Tools

SPECS Test Framework

Job description

Responsibilities

Our team, part of Keysight Laboratories' High Frequency Technology Center (HFTC), builds and supports hardware and software solutions that electrically test Process Control Monitors (PCMs) on wafers made in Keysight's Santa Rosa wafer fabrication facilities. The responsibility of an R&D Test Engineering Technician is to facilitate rapid data acquisition of electrical performance of on-wafer PCMs, ensuring first-pass, quality data is sent to our Integration Engineering Team. Test Technicians are the first line of defense during test, responding first to operator test issues, coordinating testing order, and ensuring recipe and system health.

This role will support In-Fab Test Engineers to ensure quality data acquisition on III‑V and Silicon Process Control Monitors, as well as R&D one-off Reliability Structures. Test Engineering Technicians will:

• Create tool recipes, monitor probe inventories, and help to ensure quality data acquisition with first-pass success
• Become an expert on the On‑Wafer Test Probers, helping to train operators, and act as the first responder during test/system issues
• Continuously learn, and grow to develop a deeper understanding of not only the systems, but also the test software infrastructure, helping to write, edit, and debug test algorithms
• Learn and improve the semiconductor processes, helping to give feedback to Test Engineers and Integration Engineers about the meaning of the test results, and how that corresponds to a given semiconductor process

Qualifications

• Higher education or specialized training/certification, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Typically minimum of 5 years relevant experience as a Test technician or Manufacturing Technician out of semiconductor industry or other high‑tech manufacturing industry
• Experience with on‑wafer microwave test and calibration
• Operating knowledge of RF/Microwave test equipment and testing procedures is desirable
• Operating knowledge of software programming and debugging is desirable
• Operating knowledge of Wafer Probers is desirable
• Operating knowledge of SPECS Test Framework is desirable
• Ability and desire to work on rapidly paced projects with several development tasks
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a larger team in multiple functional areas (R&D, Operations, Maintenance)
• Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, and communication skills for successful inter- and intra-group interactions

Location

This role requires an in‑person, hands‑on engineer who can physically work with the test systems in Santa Rosa, CA.

Export Control

This position requires access to certain goods, software, technology, or technical data subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these laws and regulations, U.S. persons (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees) working for Keysight can access export‑controlled items without authorization from the U.S. government. For any individual who is not a U.S. person, Keysight may need authorization from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Commerce, or other appropriate federal agency before the individual can access export‑controlled items. Employment in this position for non‑U.S. persons is contingent on Keysight's ability to obtain any required government authorizations. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual, having authorization from the U.S. government for export‑controlled items under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Salary & Benefits

Santa Rosa, CA: MIN $60,140, MID $80,180, MAX $100,230. Most offers will be between the minimum and the midpoint of the salary range listed above. This role is eligible for Keysight Results Bonus Program. US employees may be eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision
• Health Savings Account
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life, Accident, Disability insurance
• Business Travel Accident and Business Travel Health
• 401(k) Plan
• Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Paid Family Leave
• Discounts, Perks
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Adoption Assistance
• ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.