Senior Engineer I - Product

Microchip Technology Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits from day one

RSUs (restricted stock units)

Quarterly bonus payments

ESPP program with 2-year look-back

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. in Colorado Springs seeks a Senior Product Engineer I to advance complex hardware product development across validation, manufacturing, quality and lifecycle management.

You will translate needs into requirements and drive evidence-based decisions. The role requires 5–7.5 years in hardware test solutions, automation, and product engineering with a foundation in semiconductor cycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 5-7.5 years of relevant experience in product management, hardware and software test solutions, characterization, automation, coverage, correlation, yield, quality, reliability, production release, and sustaining support.
• Strong fundamentals in product engineering, problem solving, measurement and data analysis, characterization, debugging, quality and yield awareness, documentation, and collaboration.
• Experience delivering cross-functional outcomes in semiconductor, manufacturing, or regulated environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Translate business, customer, technical, quality, security, compliance, and operational needs into requirements, plans, methods, and decision-ready evidence.
• Execute assigned analysis, design, implementation, testing, validation, and sustaining work.
• Support development, implementation, analysis, validation, and sustainment of hardware and software test solutions, and lifecycle management.
• Assess performance, quality, controls, risks, dependencies, issues, and tradeoffs; propose actions.
• Collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, technology, business, customer, quality, supplier, and operations teams to improve outcomes.
• Own assigned products in production to monitor performance and profitability.

Skills

Problem solving

Measurement & data analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential.

Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually.

We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation.

People like you.

Job Description

Join the CPLS Business Unit! We support products such as custom ASIC's, Embedded Programmable Logic Devices (EPLDs), FPGAs and Configurators.

As a Senior Product Engineer I supporting complex product development, validation, qualification, manufacturing, quality, and lifecycle challenges.

This role is best suited for candidates with 5-7.5 years of relevant experience in hardware debug solutions, characterization, automation, coverage, correlation, yield, quality, reliability, production release, and sustaining support. Candidate should also have a foundational understanding of semiconductor product cycle.

In this role, you will complete defined assignments with appropriate technical guidance, partner with relevant engineering, manufacturing, technology, business, customer, quality, security, compliance, supplier, and operational stakeholders, and help deliver reliable outcomes, decision-ready evidence, timely issue resolution, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Translate business, customer, technical, quality, security, compliance, and operational needs into requirements, plans, methods, and decision-ready evidence.
• Execute assigned analysis, design, implementation, testing, validation, and sustaining work.
• Support the development, implementation, analysis, validation, and sustainment of solutions within test strategy, hardware and software test solutions, characterization, automation, coverage, correlation, yield, quality, reliability, production release, and sustaining support.
• Assess performance, quality, controls, risks, dependencies, issues, and technical or business tradeoffs; recommend appropriate actions.
• Support reviews, design, integration, testing, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective action, release, transfer, and lifecycle changes.
• Create and maintain specifications, procedures, test assets, training or publication content, analyses, reports, decisions, and controlled records as applicable.
• Partner across relevant engineering, manufacturing, technology, business, customer, quality, security, compliance, supplier, and operational teams to improve outcomes.
• Assume ownership of assigned products in production to monitor and sustain product performance and profitability.
• Ensure devices are manufacturable and are setup correctly in the production system.

Requirements

• Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering or a related field with 5-7.5 years of relevant experience in product management, hardware and software test solutions, characterization, automation, coverage, correlation, yield, quality, reliability, production release, and sustaining support.
• Qualified candidates should demonstrate product engineering fundamentals, problem solving skills, measurement and data analysis, characterization, debugging, quality and yield awareness, documentation, and collaboration.
• Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate: Employment stability, reliability, and sustained accountability in prior roles. Effective teamwork and cross-functional collaboration. Integrity and accuracy in representing qualifications, experience, and credentials.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with semiconductor product cycle, hardware and software test solutions, characterization, automation, coverage, correlation, yield, quality, reliability, production release, and sustaining support.
• Experience with relevant methods, platforms, tools, modeling, testing, data analysis, automation, governance, or lifecycle practices for this role.
• Experience delivering cross-functional outcomes in semiconductor, manufacturing, enterprise technology, customer-facing, or regulated environments, as applicable.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Relevant professional certification where job-related and approved.

U.S. Export Controls Requirements

This job requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).

Travel Time

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes

• Feeling
• Hearing
• Seeing
• Talking
• Works Alone
• Works Around Others

Physical Requirements

• 80% sitting
• 10% walking
• 10% standing

Pay Range

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below: Benefits of working at Microchip.

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $70,304 - $205,000.* *Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience. Application window will remain open until qualified candidates have been identified.

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.