Senior Manager - Characterization

Job Title

Senior Manager - Characterization

Role Summary

Lead the characterization team responsible for validating and rolling out next-generation FPGA and SoC products. The role is cross-functional and requires coordination with silicon engineering, software, product and test engineering to define methodologies, execute characterization plans, and accelerate time-to-market.

Experience Level

Senior - requires significant industry leadership and technical experience; the posting specifies 15+ years of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

Accountable for planning and executing characterization activities, managing the team, and collaborating with stakeholders to enable fast product bring-up and validation.

• Lead and grow the characterization team through hiring and internal development.
• Coordinate with offshore teams to accelerate first-silicon bring-up and validation.
• Define high-speed characterization methodologies and required lab/infrastructure for FPGA and SoC products.
• Plan and drive execution of characterization tasks, track schedules, and report status to core teams.
• Characterize IP including digital high-speed peripherals, PLLs, oscillators, and FPGAs; correlate pre-silicon models with silicon measurements.
• Develop and improve automated characterization flows to increase coverage and reduce cycle time.
• Support customer requests to accelerate adoption and revenue ramp.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, experience, and competencies. Preferred items are summarized at the end.

• 15+ years of relevant industry experience and 5+ years managing small to medium teams.
• 8+ years in product characterization or silicon validation with emphasis on digital and mixed-signal circuits.
• 5+ years working on characterization/validation of serial protocols (PCIe/10GBaseKR/XAUI/SATA/etc.) and/or memory interfaces (DDR5/4, LPDDR5/4).
• Expertise in characterizing SoCs, processors, PLLs and oscillators.
• Firmware development experience on multi-core microcontrollers or processors (ARM, RISC-V or similar).
• Hands-on laboratory experience with equipment such as BERTs, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, and function generators.
• Strong fundamentals in CMOS device operation, board design, signal and power integrity.
• Experience with Verilog or VHDL and exposure to automated characterization flows.
• Strong analytical, planning, leadership and communication skills; result- and quality-oriented.
• Preferred: JTAG protocol, SOC/FPGA architecture knowledge, FPGA toolchains (Libero, Vivado, Quartus), programming skills (Java/C/C++, Visual Basic, Perl), analog/mixed-signal design experience.

Education Requirements

B.S. (BSEE) or M.S. (MSEE) in Electrical Engineering.

About the Company

Company: Microchip

Headquarters: Chandler, Arizona, USA

Microchip is a leading semiconductor company focused on developing innovative solutions to enhance the human experience. With a commitment to empowering innovation, Microchip prioritizes the value of its employees by fostering a culture that supports their growth and contributions.