Product Development Engineer

You will analyze characterization data to identify performance limitations, validate thermal specifications, and drive improvements across silicon design, package technology, cooling solutions, and manufacturing processes. In addition, you will lead the development and execution of System Level Test (SLT) methodologies to establish correlation between manufacturing test results and golden system-level performance, helping close tester-to-system performance gaps and optimize production test guardbands. This is a highly cross-functional role that partners closely with design, test, product engineering, packaging, manufacturing, and reliability teams to ensure Altera’s FPGA products meet performance, quality, and manufacturability targets at scale.

Responsibilities:

Develop and execute thermal characterization plans to evaluate device performance, reliability, and power behavior across operating temperature ranges.

Perform thermal and electrical characterization of FPGA products, including correlation of silicon measurements against design and simulation models.

Analyze thermal characterization data to identify performance limitations, validate thermal specifications, and drive design, package, cooling, and manufacturing improvements.

Develop and execute System Level Test (SLT) methodologies to establish correlation between manufacturing test results and golden system-level performance, driving closure of tester-to-system performance gaps and optimization of production test guardbands.

Developand implement DFT strategies for FPGAs, including scan insertion, BIST (Built-In Self-Test),and test compression techniques.

Collaborate with RTL designand verification teams to ensure testability featuresare embedded efficiently.

Defineand implement test plans, patterns,and faultmodels to ensure optimal test coverageand yield.

Developand maintainATPG (Automatic Test Pattern Generation), MBIST,and other manufacturing test content flowsand scripts.

Perform pre-silicon test pattern simulationand validation to ensure test effectiveness prior to tape-out.

Analyze test results, debug silicon failures,and provide root causeanalysis.

Work with manufacturingand test teams to optimize test time, cost,and quality.

Analyze early customer returns with emphasis on driving test hole closureactivities.

Drive test time reduction throughanalysisoffallout dataversus test time for various IPs to balanceand drive overall product cost optimizations.

Stay updated with industry trendsand emerging DFT/test technologies.

Salary Range

The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$106,200 - $153,000USD

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

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Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field with4+ years of experiencein product engineering, silicon validation, product development, or semiconductor characterization.

4+ years of experiencewith thermal and/or electrical characterization of semiconductor devices, including developing and executing characterization plans, collecting silicon data, and analyzing results across operating conditions.

Experience correlating silicon measurements with design expectations, simulation models, or product specifications to validate device performance, power, and reliability behavior.

Experience with system-level test, production test, or post-silicon validation methodologies, including analyzing test data to improve correlation between manufacturing test results and real system-level performance.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with FPGA, ASIC, or other complex semiconductor products in a product engineering, validation, or characterization environment.

Experience with thermal test methods, temperature chamber testing, and silicon performance characterization across voltage and temperature corners.

Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing test flows, SLT, ATE correlation, guardband optimization, or yield/performance analysis.

Experience analyzing electrical, thermal, or performance data to identify trends, root cause issues, and drive product or test improvements.

Scripting and data analysis experience using Python, Perl, MATLAB, or similar tools to automate test execution and analyze characterization data.

Strong cross-functional communication skills with the ability to work effectively across design, test, manufacturing, packaging, and product engineering teams.

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

San Jose, California, United States

Additional Locations:

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.