What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Validation Engineer position at Allegro MicroSystems?
The Allegro team is united by a clear purpose—advancing technologies that make the world safer, more efficient, and more sustainable. With over 30 years of experience in semiconductor innovation, we bring that purpose to life across every part of the business—from breakthrough product development and customer success to how we show up for each other and the communities we serve.
The Opportunity
Allegro MicroSystems is seeking an enthusiastic and hands-on Product Validation Engineer (PVE). In this early-career role, you will work closely with senior validation leads, Analog Design, Systems Engineering, and Test Engineering to evaluate, characterize, and validate first-silicon performance against product requirements and datasheet specifications. You will design bench test setups, automate data collection across temperature and voltage corners, and perform detailed data analysis to ensure our magnetic and power sensor ICs achieve world-class automotive quality.
What You Will Do
Join Allegro and become part of a team where your contributions truly matter.
We foster a culture of Real Innovation, empowering you to push boundaries, develop cutting-edge solutions, and drive continuous improvement.
Your work will create a Real Impact by solving complex real-world challenges that fuel our success and shape the future of technology.
You’ll experience Real Connection, collaborating with talented colleagues around the globe in an environment built on trust, respect, and a shared purpose.
Join Us—and Help Build What’s Next.
At Allegro, we are committed to providing a harassment-free environment of mutual respect to fuel innovation through inclusive thought collaboration. Allegro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, parental status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Allegro makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Eligible applicants must reside in a state where Allegro currently has an office location: This includes New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Texas, and Michigan. Certain positions (such as field sales roles) may be exempt from this requirement.
The Opportunity
Allegro MicroSystems is seeking an enthusiastic and hands-on Product Validation Engineer (PVE). In this early-career role, you will work closely with senior validation leads, Analog Design, Systems Engineering, and Test Engineering to evaluate, characterize, and validate first-silicon performance against product requirements and datasheet specifications. You will design bench test setups, automate data collection across temperature and voltage corners, and perform detailed data analysis to ensure our magnetic and power sensor ICs achieve world-class automotive quality.
What You Will Do
- Develop, debug, and execute automated bench test setups and scripts (e.g., using Python, LabVIEW, or MATLAB) to validate silicon functionality across supply, voltage, and temperature corners (-40°C to 150°C).
- Execute the Silicon Validation Plan, characterizing critical analog and mixed-signal performance parameters (such as noise, offset, linearity, sensitivity, and ADC/DAC behavior) against requirements.
- Support the creation and execution of the validation timeline, assisting in the definition, layout review, and assembly of custom bench evaluation hardware and socketed test boards.
- Perform Bench-to-System and bench-to-ATE correlation studies with Test Engineering to establish robust test limits and verify register/EEPROM trimming behavior.
- Identify, document, and track silicon anomalies and bugs using issue-tracking platforms, participating in root-cause debug sessions alongside Analog and Digital Design Leads.
- Compile and summarize characterization data, contributing to executive summaries and updating core parameter presentations to support project milestone phase gates.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 1–3 years of hands-on semiconductor lab evaluation, characterization, or academic/internship validation experience.
- Proficiency using bench test equipment (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, power supplies, SMUs, arbitrary waveform generators, DMMs).
- Experience with test automation languages (Python preferred, LabVIEW, MATLAB, or C/C ).
- Solid foundational understanding of analog mixed-signal circuits (op-amps, bandgaps, regulators, ADCs, sensor front-ends).
- Familiarity with standard communication protocols (I2C, SPI, SENT, or CAN).
- Basic knowledge of statistical data analysis (histograms, standard deviation, CPK, corner analysis).
- Strong analytical problem solver, clear communicator, and proactive collaborator eager to learn in a structured, cross-functional team.
Join Allegro and become part of a team where your contributions truly matter.
We foster a culture of Real Innovation, empowering you to push boundaries, develop cutting-edge solutions, and drive continuous improvement.
Your work will create a Real Impact by solving complex real-world challenges that fuel our success and shape the future of technology.
You’ll experience Real Connection, collaborating with talented colleagues around the globe in an environment built on trust, respect, and a shared purpose.
Join Us—and Help Build What’s Next.
At Allegro, we are committed to providing a harassment-free environment of mutual respect to fuel innovation through inclusive thought collaboration. Allegro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, parental status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Allegro makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Eligible applicants must reside in a state where Allegro currently has an office location: This includes New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Texas, and Michigan. Certain positions (such as field sales roles) may be exempt from this requirement.