About the Role
Phoenix Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) is seeking an experienced Senior Semiconductor Test Engineer to lead product validation and qualification from concept to production. This role involves defining test strategies, analyzing performance data, and ensuring replacement devices meet stringent requirements, contributing to the company's growth by establishing testing processes and standards.
Responsibilities
- Define Product Qualification Strategy
- Develop comprehensive qualification and validation plans
- Establish test coverage and pass/fail criteria
- Correlate PSC devices against original components
- Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards
- Lead Product Validation
- Develop and execute ATE test programs
- Oversee characterization, reliability, burn-in, ESD, latch-up, and environmental testing
- Support hardware bring-up including load boards, sockets, and fixtures
- Drive successful qualification of new product releases
- Analyze Data & Solve Problems
- Interpret characterization and reliability data
- Perform statistical analysis and correlation studies
- Lead root-cause investigations
- Recommend corrective actions and design improvements
- Partner Across the Company
- Collaborate with Design Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain
- Present qualification results and technical recommendations
- Support customer technical reviews and qualification packages
- Serve as the technical authority for product validation
- Improve How We Work
- Expand automated testing capabilities
- Improve qualification methodologies
- Develop documentation, procedures, and best practices
- Mentor junior engineers and technicians
Requirements
- BS in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- US Citizen, must be able to obtain a US security clearance
- 7+ years of semiconductor test engineering experience
- Experience developing semiconductor qualification strategies
- Strong knowledge of ATE platforms (Teradyne, Advantest, or equivalent)
- Experience with characterization, reliability, and production test
- Familiarity with JEDEC, MIL-STD-883, AEC-Q100/Q101, or similar standards
- Experience analyzing large data sets using Python, MATLAB, JMP, or similar tools
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Excellent communication and technical documentation abilities
- Analog, mixed-signal, power management, or discrete semiconductor/PCB experience
- Experience with replacement or second-source semiconductor products
- Failure analysis experience (decap, SEM, curve tracing)
- Test automation and scripting
- Customer qualification support
- Supply chain or component obsolescence experience
Skills
- Semiconductor Test Engineering
- Product Validation
- Product Qualification
- ATE Platforms (Teradyne, Advantest)
- Characterization
- Reliability Testing
- Production Test
- JEDEC Standards
- MIL-STD-883
- AEC-Q100/Q101
- Data Analysis
- Python
- MATLAB
- JMP
- Troubleshooting
- Debugging
- Technical Documentation
- Analog Semiconductor Experience
- Mixed-Signal Semiconductor Experience
- Power Management Semiconductor Experience
- Discrete Semiconductor Experience
- PCB Experience
- Replacement Semiconductor Products
- Second-Source Semiconductor Products
- Failure Analysis
- Decapsulation
- SEM
- Curve Tracing
- Test Automation
- Scripting
- Customer Qualification Support
- Supply Chain Management
- Component Obsolescence
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- On-site
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 7+ years
Education Level
- BS in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
About the Company
- Phoenix Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) solves the challenge of replacing obsolete integrated circuits with drop-in replacements for aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and commercial systems.
- PSC is a growing semiconductor startup where employees' work directly influences shipped products.
- Employees have the opportunity to build testing methodologies, work across the entire product lifecycle, influence engineering decisions, collaborate with experienced leaders, and help solve component obsolescence.
Equal Opportunity
- Phoenix Semiconductor Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
- We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
