Senior FPGA Product Engineer – NPI & Reliability

Microchip; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,304 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to join the Product Engineering New Product Introduction (NPI) group, supporting the development and release of integrated FPGA products.

This role ensures reliability and manufacturability from development through production, working with Technology Development, Circuit and Logic Design, Applications, Component Engineering, and Quality. The candidate will have 5+ years of relevant experience, a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of JEDEC (required), AECQ-100 / MIL-STD-883 (preferred)
• Knowledge of silicon reliability and process failure mechanisms
• Hands-on experience with software automation and hardware development
• Practical knowledge of Verilog/VHDL, C, Python, and Perl
• Experience using Agentic AI to develop tools for compiling, processing, and analyzing data
• Experience using ATE, bench, and wafer test systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated initiative and ownership in cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Hands on support for product reliability qualification of next-generation FPGA products
• Applied product-level knowledge for root cause analysis pre/post qualification
• Solving release to manufacturing related issues and driving corrective actions
• Defining qualification designs, developing hardware, verifying test conditions, and performing statistical data analysis
• Supporting production test flows by defining test limits and analyzing coverage
• Validating on-chip components such as micro-processors, high-speed I/O, eNVM, SRAM, PLLs
• Developing software and scripts and leveraging AI for verifying and testing FPGA/SOC products
• Analyzing device behavior in production and engineering environments
• Characterizing and evaluating FPGA/SOC products across lifecycle

Skills

Verilog/VHDL

Python

C

Perl

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Agentic AI

ATE testing hardware

Bench testing

Wafer test systems

Job description

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to join the Product Engineering New Product Introduction (NPI) group, supporting the development and release of integrated FPGA products.

This role ensures reliability and manufacturability from development through production, working with Technology Development, Circuit and Logic Design, Applications, Component Engineering, and Quality. The candidate will have 5+ years of relevant experience, a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering,