Senior/Staff STPG Product Engineer - Probe

Job Title

Senior/Staff STPG Product Engineer - Probe

Role Summary

The Probe Product Engineer owns probe strategy and silicon learning at wafer test across pre‑silicon design‑to‑probe staging, first‑silicon bring‑up, qualification, and high‑volume manufacturing. The role translates device behavior and process interactions into manufacturable probe coverage, limits, and guard‑bands to drive yield, quality, and test‑cost outcomes.

Experience Level

Senior / Staff level. Specific years of experience were not stated.

Responsibilities

Accountable for defining and executing probe strategy and drive cross‑functional risk mitigation from design through manufacturing.

• Define probe coverage intent by mapping design features, device behavior, and process risks into observability, screening, trims, and guard‑bands.
• Define, release, and sustain probe test flows from first silicon through qualification and HVM, balancing coverage and cost.
• Establish probe limits and guard‑bands from silicon characterization and align with downstream test and customer specs.
• Lead probe enablement for new product introductions and technology ramps; identify and mitigate coverage and manufacturability risks.
• Partner with Design, DFT, DV, Process Integration, Backend Test, and Reliability on design‑to‑manufacturing continuity and probe readiness.
• Support first‑silicon bring‑up and device characterization using probe platforms and lab setups; correlate probe data with silicon behavior.
• Drive wafer‑level yield learning, failure‑mode analysis, and provide data‑backed feedback to close learning loops.
• Improve test efficiency and cost via coverage right‑sizing, flow optimization, and wafer‑level speed activities.
• Use probe, inline, and reliability data (including AI/ML techniques) for yield analysis, anomaly detection, and predictive test optimization.

Requirements

Must‑have technical skills and abilities for immediate contribution; listed succinctly below.

• Strong fundamentals in semiconductor devices, wafer test, and product engineering.
• Proven ability to interpret silicon characterization data to set probe limits, screen criteria, and improve yield/coverage.
• Experience or strong interest in silicon learning, device behavior, yield mechanisms, and design‑to‑manufacturing integration.
• Experience influencing DFT, test hooks, observability, redundancy, and trim structures to enable manufacturable probe coverage.
• Strong analytical skills and structured root‑cause analysis capability.
• Effective communication skills and experience working with global, cross‑functional teams.
• Practical experience with probe platforms, wafer‑level characterization, or backend test is highly desirable.
• Nice to have: experience applying AI/ML for predictive probe, smart sampling, or test optimization.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering (hardware/circuits/semiconductor focus), Semiconductor Physics, or a related technical field.

About the Company

Company: Micron Technology

Headquarters: Boise, Idaho, USA

Micron Technology is a global leader in memory and storage solutions, dedicated to transforming how the world uses information. The company offers a diverse portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory products under the Micron and Crucial brands. With a commitment to customer focus and technological innovation, Micron drives advancements in artificial intelligence, 5G, and other data-centric applications, empowering users to learn, communicate, and progress.