Amazon Senior Silicon Test Engineer Kuiper Team 

United States, Washington 

505480154

As Senior RF ATE Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative product solutions. You will also work closely with third-party suppliers to drive key aspects of product definition, execution and optimization. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. You’ll be responsible for developing production test solution, bringing up high-volume production, sustainment, and Return Material Authorization (RMA) debugging of mm-wave RFICs for Project Kuiper custom silicon. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in high-volume production test methodologies, silicon RF debugging, and a proactive approach to resolving manufacturing challenges. You’ll be part of the team that creates a chip and system test infrastructure and methodology applicable to transmit and receive communication systems.Export Control Requirement:
Key job responsibilities- Work with lab bench mm-wave test systems to correlate bench and ATE results.
- Monitor and analyze production test data to identify trends, yield issues, and opportunities for test time optimization.
- Own the optimization, standardization, and improvement of test methodologies to enhance operational efficiency in production, ensure product quality and minimize cost.- Lead the investigation and analysis of returned materials, identifying root causes of failures through comprehensive electrical and physical failure analysis techniques.
- Perform deep-dive debug on silicon, test boards, and ATE set ups to isolate issues related to performance drift, yield loss or test escapes.- Document findings and communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure transparency and continuous improvement.
- Perform deep-dive debug on silicon, test boards, and ATE set ups to isolate issues related to performance drift, yield loss or test escapes.

- Bachelor's degree in electrical/communications engineering or related field.
- 5 or more years of employment in ATE test development focused on RF and Analog silicon.
- Up to 20% international travel required.

- Masters or PhD degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering or related field.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills, both oral and written, with the ability to convey complex technical information effectively.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in mm-wave or RF validation engineering of communications systems, preferably in high-volume consumer devices manufacturing.
- Strong technical background in one or more of the following:
- RF, mm-wave, and high-speed digital ATE hardware development and debugging.
- RF test equipment such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, and probe-stations.
- PCB design/layout requirements and best practices for mm-wave and high-speed digital signals.
- Running firmware on DUTs to reduce test time and increase self-testability.
- Analog DfT and RF-BIST techniques.
- Performing RF measurements such as load pull, s-parameters, noise parameters, IIP3, and automating equipment using Python and MATLAB.
- High volume automated test of beamforming systems such as 5G, 802.11AD, or satellite communications.
- Digital and SERDES test techniques such as scan, MBIST, and loopback.
- Knowledgeable in production control processes, statistical analysis platforms (Galaxy, Spotfire, JMP or similar), data interpretation/analysis, Cp/Cpk, and bench/tester correlation, GRR.
- New product transition from design phase, through qualification and into high volume manufacturing environment.
- knowledge in scripting language to optimize working process.
- Source code control tools (Git, SVN, bitbucket) and bug tracking tools (JIRA).