What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Test Development Engineer position at MaxLinear, Inc.?
Responsibilities
MaxLinear is seeking a Staff Test Development Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will focus on the following:
- Develop ATE test solutions for highly integrated RF SoC ICs for Wireless, data compression, and 100/400G Optical transceiver applications
- Interface with cross functional Design and DFT teams to develop and present test plans.
- Design and debug the required device interface boards (DIB) and test program to be used for device characterization, qualification, and production
- Partner with Product Engineering for product characterization and Reliability testing.
- Responsible for optimizing test time and yield of the Final Test Program prior to production release.
- Responsible for building multiple sets of correlated production DIBs and transferring to offshore manufacturing sites (OSATs)
- Resolve early production as well as mass production issues.
- Provide on-going support for Test Program enhancements as needed to ensure high quality and cost-effective manufacturing throughput
- Work with cross functional engineering teams in failure analysis and defining corrective actions, ensuring ongoing production quality
Qualifications
- Experience in VB, C, C , LabView or automation scripting (PERL, PYTHON, or MATLAB)
- Experience with electronic bench-test equipment - oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, pulse and signal generators, power supplies, DC source/measure
- Excellent project management skills with demonstrated ability to identify manufacturing improvements, manage change, and implement solutions
- The ability to organize and present project information and goals in a concise, clear manner
- Comfortable working in a dynamic team environment
- Experience with developing Multi-site Teradyne UltraFlex and/or Advantest 93K test solutions desired
- Knowledge of RF principles is a plus
- Effective communication in written and verbal English
- BS in Electrical Engineering 7 years of related experience, or MS 5 years of related experience or Ph.D. 2 years of experience
Company Overview
MaxLinear is a global, New York Stock Exchange-traded company (NYSE: MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.
We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.
MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.
Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Waltham, Massachusetts; Vancouver, Canada; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Villach, Austria; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.
We have approximately 1,500 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.
