Senior Product and Test Engineer

BrainChip; Laguna Hills (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BrainChip in Laguna Hills, CA is seeking a Senior Product & Test Engineer to lead silicon characterization, validation, production test, and yield improvements for Akida-based products.

You will drive pre-silicon planning through high-volume manufacturing support, collaborate with design, verification, firmware, and systems teams, and develop automated test solutions to improve coverage, yield, and cost.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field and 4+ years in semiconductor product engineering or test.
• Experience bringing ASICs, SoCs, or processors from silicon to production.
• Hands-on post-silicon bring-up, characterization, and production test experience.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing, yield analysis, qualification and reliability.
• Experience with ATE test programs (Advantest/Teradyne) and lab equipment.

Responsibilities

• Own product and test engineering from pre-silicon planning to production release.
• Develop silicon validation, characterization, and production test strategies for AI processors.
• Translate requirements into test plans, coverage, procedures, and solutions.
• Lead post-silicon bring-up and characterize device functionality, power, performance, and reliability.
• Debug issues with multiple cross-functional teams and improve test automation.

Skills

Python

Debugging

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Power analyzers

Pattern generators

Protocol analyzers

Job description

Build and productize the silicon behind next-generation edge AI

At BrainChip, we’re developing a new class of AI hardware designed to bring real-time intelligence directly to devices.

Our Akida™ neuromorphic processor platform uses fully digital, event-based processing to deliver highly efficient AI inference and on-chip learning for applications across vision, audio, sensor fusion, industrial systems, automotive, healthcare, robotics, and consumer devices.

We are looking for a Senior Product & Test Engineer to lead silicon characterization, validation, production test, and yield improvement for current and next-generation Akida-based products.

This is a highly cross-functional role spanning pre-silicon test planning, post-silicon bring-up, device characterization, production readiness, and high-volume manufacturing support.

What you’ll do

• Own product and test engineering activities from pre-silicon planning through characterization, qualification, production release, and sustaining support
• Develop comprehensive silicon validation, characterization, and production test strategies for advanced AI processors and SoCs
• Translate product requirements and device specifications into detailed test plans, test coverage, test procedures, and manufacturing solutions
• Lead post-silicon bring-up and characterize device functionality, power, performance, and reliability across process, voltage, and temperature conditions
• Correlate silicon results with design specifications, simulations, FPGA prototypes, and system-level expectations
• Debug complex functional and electrical issues in collaboration with digital design, verification, architecture, firmware, software, systems, and applications teams
• Develop and optimize automated test solutions for wafer probe, final test, characterization, and production screening
• Improve manufacturing yield, test coverage, test time, quality, and overall product cost
• Analyze large silicon datasets to identify yield trends, performance outliers, systematic defects, and opportunities for test optimization
• Characterize system interfaces, clocks, memory, power-management functions, and high-speed or low-power connectivity such as PCIe, SPI, JTAG, and related interfaces
• Work closely with foundry, packaging, OSAT, and test partners to support product introduction and volume production
• Lead failure analysis and root-cause investigations involving silicon, package, board, firmware, or test-program interactions
• Define reliability and qualification plans in partnership with internal teams and external manufacturing partners
• Develop scripts and automation to improve data analysis, characterization efficiency, regression testing, and reporting
• Create clear technical documentation covering test methods, device performance, known issues, corrective actions, and production readiness
• Serve as a technical lead on complex programs and mentor engineers across product, validation, and test activities
• Support customer-facing engineering teams with technical analysis, product data, and issue resolution when needed

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• 4+ years of experience in semiconductor product engineering, silicon validation, test engineering, or a related discipline
• Strong experience bringing ASICs, SoCs, processors, accelerators, or mixed-signal devices from initial silicon through production
• Hands-on experience with post-silicon bring-up, device characterization, production test, and silicon debug
• Strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing, process variation, yield analysis, qualification, and reliability
• Experience developing or supporting ATE test programs using platforms such as Advantest, Teradyne, or similar systems
• Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, pattern generators, and protocol analyzers
• Ability to interpret device specifications, schematics, timing diagrams, simulation results, and semiconductor test data
• Experience investigating functional, electrical, performance, power, and manufacturing-related failures
• Proficiency with Python or another scripting language for test automation and data analysis
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to lead technical work independently and drive issues to resolution across multiple teams and locations
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical findings to different audiences

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with AI accelerators, neural processing units, neuromorphic computing, embedded processors, MCUs, MPUs, or low-power SoCs
• Experience validating highly power-constrained or always-on silicon
• Familiarity with digital design, RTL simulation, verification, DFT, scan, memory BIST, boundary scan, or JTAG
• Experience with PCIe, SPI, AXI, AHB, APB, memory subsystems, and embedded processor architectures
• Knowledge of RISC-V-based systems or hardware-software co-design
• Experience with FPGA prototyping and system-level validation
• Familiarity with neural‑network workloads, edge AI, computer vision, audio processing, or sensor fusion
• Experience working with foundries, assembly partners, OSATs, and external test facilities
• Knowledge of JEDEC qualification standards and semiconductor reliability methodologies
• Previous experience serving as a technical lead or mentoring other engineers

Why BrainChip

• Work on differentiated, production-ready neuromorphic AI technology
• Help move advanced AI processing from the cloud to power-constrained edge devices
• Influence products across the complete silicon lifecycle, from architecture and design through customer deployment
• Work directly with a global team spanning semiconductor design, AI, software, systems, and product development
• Take meaningful ownership in a focused environment where individual technical contributions have visible impact
• Help improve the power, performance, quality, yield, and production readiness of next-generation Akida technology