Qualcomm Post Silicon Test Engineer - Digital 

United States, California, San Diego 

949006811

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

The Product Development and Test Engineering (PDTE) group is responsible for design validation, characterization, and production deployment of multiple leading-edge IPs for 5G products in the advanced FinFET semiconductor process technologies. In this role, you will be a member of a technical team working closely with IC Design, Software, Systems and Operations engineering to enable the high-volume manufacturability of the product.

Responsibilities for this position includes the operation of the ATE to validate and debug the new product functionality, test HW/SW development, characterize across corner conditions and releasing cost-effective production test solutions for mass manufacturing.

The position offers growth/specialization opportunities within Digital Test Engineering (Mixed Signal, Microprocessors, HSIO, Logic, Memory, DFT, DFM, Machine Learning, SW Development), adjacent disciplines (Yield Management, Diagnostics, Product Engineering) or other product families (PMIC, RF, RFEE).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science or related fields.

• Understands basics of circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF), hardware design (schematic capture and circuit simulation) or related fields

• 2 years of experience in product development, test validation and high-volume production activities related to System on Chip (SOC) - Compute, Data Center, Mobile, Automotive, IoT areas.

• VLSI technologies – Digital Design, CPU architecture and organization and Semiconductor process.

• Domain knowledge in one or more of these areas is a plus: CPU, Logic Test (ATPG), Memory, (SRAM, DRAM interfaces), High Speed Serdes, Sensor validation and its corresponding test methodologies.

• Experience handling measurement test equipment (oscilloscope, signal generator, spectrum analyzer, time interval analyzer, logic analyzer, network analyzer, ATE, Rohde & Schwarz).

• Has expertise with scripting with Python and code development using Java/C++ for Test code development.

• Understands Design for test (DFT) techniques and structural tests such as Scan/ATPG, JTAG and memory BIST is a plus.

• Hands on experience with data analysis software (JMP, National Instruments, Exensio, etc.) is a plus.

• Revision control (GIT preferred)

• Experience with Automated Test Equipment: Advantest or Teradyne is a plus.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Applies Hardware knowledge and experience to plan, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems.

• Integrates features and functionality into hardware designs in line with proposals or roadmaps.

• Conducts simulations and analyses of designs as well as implements designs with the best power, performance, and area.

• Collaborates with teams (e.g., design, verification, validation, software and systems engineering, architecture development teams, etc.) to implement new requirements and incorporate the latest test solutions in the production program to improve the yield, test time, and quality.

• Evaluates, characterizes, and develops the manufacturing solutions for leading edge products in processes and bring-up product to meet customer expectations and schedules.

• Evaluates reliability of materials, properties, and techniques and brings innovation, automation, and optimization to maximize productivity.

• Assists in the assessment of complex design features to identify potential flaws, compatibility issues, and/or compliance issues.

• Writes detailed technical documentation for Hardware projects.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works independently with minimal supervision.

• Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.

• Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range:

$104,000.00 - $156,000.00