Empower Semiconductor’s patented IVR technology integrates dozens of components into a single IC and eases customers designs with unprecedented density, speed & accuracy. This IVR technology is addressing a $12B opportunity with a wide range of applications including AI, data centers automotive & mobile.
Empower has an immediate career opportunity for an experienced Product Engineer (NPI) to join our R&D team. We are a team of highly experienced power experts located in San Jose, CA seeking to add additional talent with an equivalent passion for power technology.
If you want to be a part of a leading-edge team that is literally pushing the boundaries of physics to develop power solutions, then this is the opportunity for you. Bring your passion for complex electrical systems and hands-on expertise and join us as we strengthen our position as one of the world leaders in Integrated Voltage Regulator (IVR) and E-Cap technologies.
This Senior Staff position will be responsible for Product Engineering throughout the NPI process, working with both internal and external resources to deliver:
- Silicon device and package qualification; to include planning, fixture design/development, execution, data analysis, and presentation of results.
- Product Verification Test (PVT) characterization, data analysis and definition of process windows.
- Reliability analysis / testing
- Failure analysis to debug and isolate faults on customer (RMA) returns, qualification failures and for yield improvement.
- Production Yield analysis, foundry process parameter (PCM) correlation, regression testing, fault isolation, and test coverage improvement to improve yields and reduce DPPM.
- Validation of test hardware and software in (OSAT) production facilities.
- Creation and maintenance of test / assembly specifications and instructions, test and qualification reports. Release of documents to the Quality Department and Contract Manufacturers.
Qualifications:
- BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- >10 years of experience as a Product Engineer in the semiconductor IC industry; Power IC experience preferred.
- Proficient with data analysis in Excel and either JMP or Spotfire.
- Experience in new product introduction (NPI), characterization and reliability qualification of semiconductor devices, yield improvement and DPPM reduction.
- Demonstrated experience working with contract Test and Assembly facilities.
- Familiarity with Statistics and JEDEC reliability standards such as JESD47.
- Able to work independently with minimum supervision
- Basic understanding of wafer and package manufacturing is preferred
- Basic understanding of semiconductor physics is plus.
- Familiarity with OSAT and foundry online website, PDF Solutions Exensio platform is preferred
- Familiarity with Silicon Capacitor and Voltage Regulator products/processes is preferred