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Product Engineer, Silicon Validation
San Jose · On-site · Full-time · Posted May 6, 2026
- Experience
- 5-10+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Leads silicon validation, test development, and productization for AI accelerator chips from first silicon through high-volume manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute silicon characterization, testing, and production release.
- Improve yield and test cost using data-driven analysis; investigate failures and quality issues.
- Manage test-program releases, vendor and partner relationships, and transitions into high-volume manufacturing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience in silicon validation, product engineering, and ATE test development for advanced-node semiconductors.
- Proven yield optimization and DPPM reduction, plus high-volume manufacturing test experience.
- Experience with silicon characterization; proficiency in yield and fail-pareto analysis using JMP, Exensio, DataPower, or OptimalPlus.
Nice to have
- ATE test-program development for wafer sort and final test on Advantest V93K platforms.
- GPU, HPC, or AI accelerator chip testing, HBM or high-speed memory interface testing, or production ramp experience.
Pay
$500 per month (benefit credit); $2.5k per month (housing subsidy)
Tools
JMP, Exensio, DataPower, OptimalPlus, Advantest V93K, Python, Perl, TCL
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