Job Description
Job Title: Product Release Engineer
MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for data center, telecommunications, and industrial and defense applications.
The company has over 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, Ga As, and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly, and test facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
MACOM offers foundry services, which represent a key core competency within the business.
The company sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives, and leading industry distributors.
Job Description:
- Responsible for the release of new and innovative IC-based products into high-volume production.
- Lead and participate in technical design reviews to help improve manufacturability and testability of products under development.
- Improve yields and profitability of existing products.
- Interface with design groups on new product introduction and design for manufacturability.
- Develop production test plans to verify product performance and perform analysis of data using sound statistical methodology to set test limits and datasheet specifications.
- Continuously improve manufacturing test processes.
- Support testing in lab for new designs.
- Liaise with cross-functional teams to ensure engineering and production targets are achieved.
- Monitor and investigate yield issues arising at any stage in the manufacturing and testing process.
- Support reliability team in new product qualification and failure analysis.
- Ensure all aspects of product manufacturing, including hardware, documentation, BOMs, and costing are in place for the production release of a product.
- Significant exposure to and knowledge of RF and microwave components.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of statistical data analysis tools (e.g. Minitab, JMP).
- Good planning and organizational skills.
- Good interpersonal and communications skills.
- In-depth understanding of statistics.
- Ability and desire to learn new technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to work on cross-functional teams.
- Familiar with RF testing and troubleshooting.
- Proficiency in spoken and written English.
- Knowledge of SAP is desirable but not essential.
- Willingness to travel occasionally.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in a science or engineering discipline.
- Five or more years of relevant work experience, such as semiconductor-based product engineering/development, RF testing, or characterization.
MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce.