Product Development Engineer

Job Title

Product Development Engineer

Role Summary

Member of the product development/test engineering team responsible for enabling post-silicon validation and high-volume manufacturing (HVM) ramp for integrated circuits. Focuses on testability, manufacturability, ATE evaluation, and cross-functional execution from feasibility through production.

Experience Level

Mid-level. The posting does not specify a years-of-experience requirement.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include developing test and manufacturing solutions for new products and supporting production ramp:

• Develop and improve testability and manufacturability from component feasibility through production ramp.
• Design, validate, and debug test circuits, test flows, and methodologies for new products.
• Evaluate designs on automatic test equipment (ATE); debug functional and performance issues to root cause.
• Perform ATE device characterization, define datasheet specifications, and conduct yield analysis.
• Develop software to convert validation vectors and drive complex test equipment; create and validate test hardware.
• Collaborate with process development, fab, assembly, quality, reliability, and manufacturing to enable HVM ramp and site certification.
• Drive manufacturing readiness, wafer start planning, product qualification strategy, and capacity analysis.
• Analyze post-silicon data (binsplit, DLCP, fallout) to optimize test time, yield, and production cost.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience required to perform the role:

• Practical experience with ATE evaluation, device characterization, and production test development.
• Experience with design-for-test/debug/manufacturing (DFT/DFD/DFM) practices and test flow development.
• Proven ability to perform yield analysis and optimize binsplit and test strategies for cost and quality.
• Experience debugging test systems and developing test control or conversion software (scripting or similar).
• Ability to work cross-functionally with fabs, assembly, test factories, and product/design teams to support ramp.
• Strong data analysis skills and experience using data to drive test-time reduction and manufacturing optimizations.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Altera

Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Altera provides leadership programmable solutions for applications ranging from cloud to edge, unveiling limitless AI possibilities. Their extensive product portfolio includes FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, and System on Modules aimed at accelerating innovation in various fields.