Staff Test Development Engineer

Staff Test Development Engineer

The Back End Engineering (BE) Group aligned to the Precision Signal Chain (PSC) Business Unit at Analog Devices is currently looking for an experienced Test Development Engineer to join our team at ADI's European Research and Development center in Limerick, Ireland. The BE-PSC group consists of a 176 new product development (NPD) engineers across the US, Europe and Asia with a group of 60+ located in Limerick supporting test, eval and product engineering.

The engineer will work with the new product development team to characterize and production test a wide range of high speed and precision signal chain products, targeted toward Industrial, Instrumentation, Healthcare and Datacentre applications and platforms. The test development engineer will be working as part of a project team comprised of members from disciplines such as marketing, design, product, assembly, quality, wafer foundry and application engineering to bring a product concept to a released mass production solution. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated individual and fast learner with exhibiting strong technical, analytical and communication skills.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Development of innovative, reliable and efficient probe and test solutions on high performance mixed-signal ATE platforms for multisite parallel testing of a range of integrated circuit products.
• Execution of the test development process including the development phases of silicon functionality, sampling, characterization, qualification, yield analysis and offshore production release to the manufacturing test sites.
• Work with design engineers in defining & developing test methodologies, test plans and DFT/BIST to maximize test coverage, reduce FFC and improve testability.
• Implement pre-tapeout verification using design simulation tools for right-first-time test solutions.
• Define test schematics and work with layout engineers in the design of printed circuit boards hardware for probe and test solutions.
• Define production test limits and datasheet specifications based on characterization data and production test gauge R&R studies.
• Confirm complete test coverage of the datasheet with statistical significance to ensure product meets all manufacturing requirements.
• Debugging and correlating production test solutions to engineering bench measurements, and transferring production test solutions to high-volume manufacturing sites.
• Engage and support manufacturing sites to maintain production yield and high quality.
• Manage and maintain project schedules and costs that align with the product targets.
• May participate in customer or training related visits (travel 10%)

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree in EE or ECE. Typically requires minimum of 7+ years of related and progressive experience with semiconductor IC's.
• Strong analytical skills. Ability to solve complex problems through design of appropriate experiments and analysis of complex data.
• Experience with evaluation of analog and mixed signal circuits.
• Strong ATE program development skills ideally with Teradyne or National Instruments.
• Knowledge of software languages ideally in C/C++/C# or VB.
• Knowledge of mixed signal PCB design and associated CAD/Simulation tools.
• Strong teamwork, inter-personal and communication skills are essential coupled with demonstrated ability to work at a high level of performance both independently and in large multi-discipline development teams spanning multiple time zones.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to work to aggressive schedules.
• Experience working with bench evaluation equipment. (meters, oscilloscopes, analysers)
• The ideal candidate would have some experience with references, amplifiers, analog to digital converters, analog circuits, power management, semiconductor IC processes, PCB design, CAD/Simulation tools and software development.

Job Req Type: Experienced Required Travel: Yes, 10% of the time Shift Type: 1st Shift/Days