Staff Test Engineer

Company Overview

Ambiq's mission is to develop the lowest-power semiconductor solutions to enable intelligent devices everywhere by developing the lowest-power semiconductor solutions to drive a more energy-efficient, sustainable, and data-driven world. Ambiq has helped leading manufacturers worldwide develop products that last weeks on a single charge (rather than days), while delivering a maximum feature set in compact industrial designs. Ambiq's goal is to take Artificial Intelligence (AI) where it has never gone before in mobile and portable devices, using Ambiq's advanced ultra-low power system on chip (SoC) solutions. Ambiq has shipped more than 250 million units by 2024. For more information, visit www.ambiq.com.

Our innovative and fast-moving teams of research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations are spread across several continents, including the US (Austin and San Jose), Taiwan (Hsinchu), China (Shenzhen and Shanghai), Japan (Tokyo), and Singapore. We value continued technology innovation, fanatical attention to customer needs, collaborative decision-making, and enthusiasm for energy efficiency. We embrace candidates who also share these same values. The successful candidate must be self-motivated, creative, and comfortable learning and driving exciting new technologies. We encourage and nurture an environment for growth and opportunities to work on complex, engaging, and challenging projects that will create a lasting impact. Join us on our quest for 100 billion devices. The endpoint intelligence revolution starts here.

Scope and Responsibilities

Develops ATE test software/hardware for ICs, majorly for product ramping-up and mass production stages. Improves yield rates and reduces cost of testing while maintaining excellent product quality.

Specific Responsibilities

• Design and develop automated test equipment and bench test solutions (hardware and software) for product characterization, qualification and production of highly integrated ICs.
• Develop robust and innovative test solutions to achieve yield, test time and product cost goals.
• Qualify products for mass production.
• Ensure that products shipped meet specifications and exceed quality goals.
• Debug and analysis of returns.
• Develop scripts and tools for pattern generation, data parsing, yield analysis and production support.
• Work on problems of broad scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.
• Support of production facilities for early production and product ramps.

Requirements

Experience Required

The Test Engineer should have extensive experience in most phases of product test and program development, including ATE test hardware design, device characterization, new device qualification, production site offload and qualification, system/lab to tester correlation, ATE program development, yield improvement/data analysis and cost reduction.

Specific Experience

• BSEE and 10+(Staff)/ 6+(Senior) years of experience as a Product and Test Engineer required
• Must have experience on industry standard Automated Test Equipment – Cohu Unison platform(Diamond 10/Diamond X) experience preferred, Advantest 93K experience a bonus
• Experience in Mixed-Signal/RF ATE Techniques as well
• Experience in Semiconductor Manufacturing Test Processes
• Strong understanding of ATE Test Programming principles
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement process enhancements and improved efficiencies
• Hardware design knowledge
• Good knowledge of statistical methods and process control
• Good software development skills, primarily focusing on C and Perl
• Good laboratory equipment and debug skills
• Proficiency with quality procedures and documentation
• Proficiency with data analysis tools
• Written and verbal English communication and presentation skills

Key Personal and Professional Attributes

Ambiq Micro management is building a company that values continued technology innovation, a fanatical attention to customer needs, collaborative decision making, and, above all, enthusiasm for energy efficiency. The incoming candidate should embrace these same values. The successful candidate must be self-motivated, extremely creative, and should be comfortable learning exciting new technologies. This is an opportunity for growth and an opportunity to work on complex, interesting, and challenging projects.