Test Manufacturing Engineer, Staff
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Key details
- Location
- Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 4–7 yrs
- Function
- Hardware, mechanical & civil engineering
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 3d ago
Skills
About the role
Company:
Qualcomm Semiconductor LimitedJob Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Manufacturing EngineeringGeneral Summary:
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Manufacturing Engineer, you will develop, implement, and improve processes, methods, time standards, capacity plans, operation sequences, equipment, tools, materials, data analyses, spec setup, and production line layouts in the manufacturing of parts and assemblies. Qualcomm Manufacturing Engineers may collaborate with design engineering and other teams to improve product designs for manufacturing.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences, or related field and 4+ years of Manufacturing Engineering or related work experience.OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences, or related field and 3+ years of Manufacturing Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Physical Sciences, or related field and 2+ years of Manufacturing Engineering or related work experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 8+ years of Product or Test Engineering, or related work experience.
- 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
- 1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
- Experience leading New Product Introduction (NPI) test development activities from silicon bring-up through high-volume manufacturing.
- Experience in test program development, validation, debug, optimization, and release for production test environments.
- Understand advanced semiconductor silicon process flows, including wafer fabrication, probe, assembly, final test, and qualification processes.
- Strong understanding of the silicon development lifecycle through Release-to-Production (RTP), including engineering development, characterization, qualification, yield ramp, and production readiness.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including Product Engineering, Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations to drive successful product commercialization.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leverages advanced Manufacturing and Test Engineering knowledge and experience to develop, implement, and improve complex manufacturing and test processes, methods, capacity plans, operation sequences, equipment, tools, materials, data analyses, specification setup, and production line layouts.
- Leads NPI test development and test program transfer efforts to manufacturing partners, ensuring manufacturability, scalability, and smooth transition from engineering builds to high-volume production.
- Debugs, validates, and releases production test programs for wafer sort, package test, characterization, and manufacturing environments.
- Drives test time reduction, yield improvement, quality enhancement, and cost optimization through data-driven analysis and continuous process improvement.
- Applies advanced knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing and test methodologies to support product bring-up, silicon characterization, qualification, and manufacturing ramp activities.
- Works closely with Product Engineering, Design Engineering, and Operations teams throughout the silicon development-to-RTP process, ensuring manufacturing and test readiness milestones are achieved.
- Conducts prototyping, characterization, and experiments to evaluate manufacturability, testability, and feasibility of new products, technologies, and manufacturing solutions.
- Applies advanced knowledge of time standards and capacity modeling to create forecasts for production output, tester utilization, and resource requirements.
- Specifies, evaluates, recommends, and implements a broad variety of complex manufacturing and test equipment, tools, fixtures, and automation solutions.
- Provides technical leadership and support in the selection, qualification, bring-up, and management of OSATs, suppliers, and contract manufacturers.
- Analyzes manufacturing and test data to identify yield detractors, reliability concerns, and process improvement opportunities.
- Writes and maintains detailed technical documentation for NPI, test development, yield improvement, characterization, qualification, and manufacturing transfer activities.
Level of Responsibility:
- Works independently with minimal supervision.
- Provides technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to other team members.
- Serves as a subject matter expert for manufacturing and test development across multiple programs.
- Requires strong verbal and written communication skills to convey technical information to engineering, operations, and executive stakeholders.
- Tasks require strategic planning, complex problem-solving, prioritization, and cross-functional coordination to achieve project and production objectives.
Technical Competencies required:
- NPI Test Development
- Test Program Development and Debug
- Wafer Sort and Final Test Operations
- Silicon Characterization and Qualification
- Product Yield Analysis and Improvement
- Release-to-Production (RTP) Execution
- Statistical Data Analysis
- Manufacturing Automation and Optimization
- DFM / DFT Methodologies
- Supplier and OSAT Management
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