Product Development Engineering - Yield Engineer (MTS)

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Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

The Role:

The Product Yield Engineering team seeks an experienced engineer to support the development and launch of high-quality AI, Graphics, CPU, APU, and custom design products. The primary objective is to optimize manufacturing costs and ensure timely market delivery. This role requires cross-functional collaboration with engineering, design, foundry, and data teams to resolve complex challenges, accelerate product ramp-up, and drive ongoing yield improvements.

The Person:

The ideal candidate will have the following minimum skills:

• Proven experience in process technology or product development, preferably with leading-edge foundries, assembly, and test operations.
• Strong AI-forward data science skills with experience in big data models, databases, and machine learning
• Direct experience in JMP or equivalent data analysis tools.
• Strong scripting capability including using AI to extract and automate complex data analysis
• An advanced degree in a related field may reduce the minimum experience requirement

In addition, we value these technical competencies in our team:

• Understanding of functional and design-for-test methodologies, structures, and practices
• Technical expertise in the productization of new and advanced technologies
• Knowledge of leading edge (FinFET, GAA, etc.) semiconductor device physics
• Semiconductor manufacturing experience
• Ability to work effectively in geographically distributed and diverse teams

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage product wafer costs, including yield and test content, to meet quality and yield targets
• Analyze yield metrics to forecast supply and product performance
• Implement best practices for test and characterization
• Use diagnostics and failure analysis to reduce defects in foundry environments
• Collaborate with internal and external foundry teams to identify and implement process improvements
• Engage with engineering and business units to define and achieve program requirements for defectivity, power, performance, reliability, and quality

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science -- or a related degree in Math, Sciences, or Statistics

Location:

Austin, TX

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.