Silicon Product Engineering Lead — From Tape-Out to Volume

Normal Computing Corporation; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Normal Computing is an applied AI company building custom silicon and software for AI inference. As Head of Silicon Product Engineering, you will own everything from tape-out to high-volume manufacturing, including packaging, test, and calibration of memory products.

You will stand up the team and vendor relationships, establish test methodologies, and partner with design, architecture, and supply chain to ensure producible, reliable products at scale.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in semiconductor product/test engineering with direct ownership of silicon from NPI through high-volume manufacturing.
• Proven experience selecting and managing OSAT and foundry partners, including cost, quality, and yield negotiations.
• Deep hands-on background in packaging, ATE, and post-silicon bring-up and validation.
• Experience with production test and screening methodology for complex, high-reliability products.
• Track record of building and scaling engineering teams from early stage.
• Strong cross-functional fluency with design, architecture, and supply chain organizations.

Responsibilities

• Post-Silicon Strategy: Own end-to-end bring-up, characterization, validation, and debug across multiple silicon generations.
• Packaging & Test: Define and drive packaging and test strategy, including ATE program development, test coverage, and test condition optimization for yield, quality, and performance.
• OSAT & Test-House Selection: Select, qualify, and manage OSAT and test-house partners; own the relationship through NPI and into high-volume manufacturing, including cost, quality, and yield negotiations.
• Yield & Qualification: Lead yield learning and qualification efforts from early silicon through production ramp, including root-cause analysis of systematic and random failures.
• Production Calibration & Screening: Own production calibration and screening methodology for our memory products, ensuring performance and reliability targets are met at volume.
• Team Build: Build and lead a high-performing silicon product engineering organization from the ground up, including hiring, process, and tooling.
• Cross-Functional Feasibility: Partner closely with design, architecture, and supply chain teams to ensure designs are producible, testable, and optimized for cost and yield before they become expensive to change.
• Data Infrastructure: Build the data analysis practices needed to catch failure mechanisms early: characterization and manufacturing data from wafer acceptance testing, sort, package, and system-level test.

Skills

Silicon product engineering

OSAT management

Packaging & ATE

Post-silicon bring-up

Yield optimization

Cross-functional leadership

Electrical engineering

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Normal Computing is an applied AI company building custom silicon and software for AI inference. As Head of Silicon Product Engineering, you will own everything from tape-out to high-volume manufacturing, including packaging, test, and calibration of memory products.

You will stand up the team and vendor relationships, establish test methodologies, and partner with design, architecture, and supply chain to ensure producible, reliable products at scale.