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Principal Test Engineer
San Jose, CA | Hybrid (3 days onsite / 2 remote)
Base Salary: $150,000–$190,000 (DOE)
A leading chip and silicon IP innovator is seeking a Principal
Test Engineer to join its Operations organization. This is a highly visible
role working on high-performance, high-speed products alongside
world-class engineers and inventors—directly influencing product quality,
manufacturability, and time-to-market for technologies that make data faster,
more reliable, and more secure.
What You’ll Do
- Own and drive end-to-end test
strategy across the full product lifecycle—from design concept through
high-volume manufacturing and sustaining support.
- Define comprehensive test
plans and partner closely with design teams to ensure robust test
coverage and DFT implementation.
- Architect and design ATE
hardware for NPI, including load boards, probe cards, and
interfaces.
- Lead test bring-up for prototypes
and production ramps at OSAT partners (domestic and offshore).
- Optimize yield, test time, and
multisite efficiency to improve cost, quality, and throughput.
- Provide technical leadership
during RMA analysis and sustaining activities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally
with design, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers, serving as a trusted
technical expert.
Requirements
What You Bring
- 3 years of hands-on test
engineering experience supporting complex semiconductor products.
- Deep expertise with Advantest
V93000 (V93K) platforms.
- Strong background in DFT and
test coverage (Scan, ATPG, JTAG, BIST).
- Experience supporting high-speed
digital and DDR products (strongly preferred).
- Proficiency with Smartest, Red Hat Linux, and version control systems (Git/SVN).
- Experience working directly with OSATs,
including offshore manufacturing partners.
- Excellent communication skills
and a collaborative mindset across functional boundaries.
- B.S. or M.S. in Electrical
Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
Why This Role
- Work on cutting-edge silicon
IP with real-world scale and impact.
- High level of technical
ownership and influence in a Principal-level role.
- Hybrid flexibility while
remaining closely connected to engineering teams.
- Competitive compensation and the
opportunity to grow with a technology leader.
Salary : $150,000 - $190,000