Senior Test Engineer

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THE ROLE:
Test Engineering is a cost, quality, and time-to-market driven team responsible for enabling the availability of microprocessors to our customers. Pre-silicon responsibilities for the Test Engineer include understanding product features, developing characterization test plans, highlighting test coverage holes, and developing software and hardware infrastructure to execute those plans. This requires interaction with Design and Platform Engineering and allows for the opportunity to provide test enhancement feedback for future designs. Post-silicon responsibilities include microprocessor debug & analysis and the execution of characterization plans. This may include silicon performance issues, yield issues, manufacturing processes, and device marginalities. The Test Engineer will work closely with Design and Platform Engineering to root cause issues that result from the debug, characterization and margin analysis. The Test Engineer will also provide datasheet specifications and drive improvements in yield.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Position includes test planning, test creation, characterization, data analysis, and silicon debug of microprocessors in leading edge process technologies.
Includes:
Development and debug of ATE test patterns and test flows
Ensuring device testability and manufacturability from development through production
Optimization of test flows for increased quality and cost improvement
Analysis of part failures leading to test flow improvement
Characterization and debug of new silicon designs and process technologies
Analysis of characterization data
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
Scan/ATPG
Applicant should be familiar with scan hardware compressions, failure mechanisms and debug processes
AC scan (at-speed) development, debug, test and characterization
Array
Applicant should be familiar with modern SRAM cell operation.
SRAM debug, characterization, test or design knowledge
Memory BIST engine knowledge
Analog/Mixed Signal
Applicant should be familiar with modern microprocessor architecture and analog DFT
Automated Test Equipment (ATE) platform Verigy 93K
Applicant familiar with tester infrastructure including HW, SW, timing, levels, patterns
Test methodologies for OpenShorts/BoundaryScan and other connectivity-based testing.
Strong communication skills including data presentation
Java, Perl, C++ coding skills
ATE test experience
Unix proficiency
Modern computer architecture knowledge
ATE test program knowledge
JTAG knowledge
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
BS/MS EE or equivalent
LOCATION:
Austin, TX
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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