Description
Millions of people experience Synaptics every day. Our technology impacts how people see, hear, touch, and engage with a wide range of IoT applications -- at home, at work, in the car or on the go.
We solve complex challenges alongside the most influential companies in the industry, using the most advanced algorithms in areas such as machine learning, biometrics and video processing, combined with world class software and silicon development.
Overview
Synaptics is looking for a Sr. Staff Product Engineer to join our dynamic and growing organization. You will be responsible for supporting new product introduction and the continuous care of mass production sustaining and yield monitoring & improvement during production. You will also be responsible for direct communication with the design team and the management of the ASIC supply chain vendors: wafer foundries and test houses. This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Product Engineering.
Responsibilities & Competencies
Job Duties
- Manage all aspects of new product introduction, from concept through volume ramp into mass production and full life cycle
- Schedule all aspects of product development and track progress
- Define test, PVT characterization and silicon/package qualification plans for new products
- Engage in design and testability reviews to promote low-cost implementations while also ensuring DFT targets are met
- Create a qualification plan tailored to consumer, industrial or automotive standards and ensuring its successful execution
- Design qualification test hardware such as HTOL boards
- Drive bench-to-ATE correlation for key parameters
- Ensure new devices meet yield, test coverage, quality, and cost targets
- Define yield and manufacturing spec for wafer sort, final test, and system-level test
- Set robust test limits that ensure proper test screening of outgoing devices
- Validate new test programs, test hardware, ATEs, and OSATs via GRR analysis
- Evaluate customer returns, driving the necessary failure analysis, and identifying test coverage gaps to bring issues to a close
- Drive continuous improvement to meet yield, test time, quality and dppm targets
- Strive for highest device quality at lowest product cost
- Disposition production lots based on yield analysis, bin yield limits, fab PCM data, and other metrics
- Summarize yield trends and improvement efforts in regular meetings with cross-functional team and management
- Partner with Marketing to support business case development of new products as well as early samples commitments
Competencies
- Strong team player with the ability to work within a diverse, global team
- Proactive, self-starter, able to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Well organized with strong attention to detail; proactively ensures work is accurate
- Positive attitude and work ethic; unafraid to ask questions and explore new ideas
- Resourceful and able to solve complex problems through adaptation of existing technology and solid understanding of product architecture
- Good multi-tasking abilities
- Good verbal and written communication skills, in English
- Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and drive multiple projects at various stages of development
Qualifications (Requirements)
- Bachelor's degree (masters preferred) in Electrical Engineering or related field or equivalent
- 12+ years in semiconductor Product Engineering
- A broad understanding of NPI flow, silicon test, reliability, quality, and failure analysis techniques
- Expertise in statistical analysis and experienced with data analysis software such as DataConductor, DataPower, JMP or equivalent
- Deep knowledge of PVT characterization, guard-banding, formulating limits, and characterization report creation
- Expertise in silicon qualification with strong working knowledge of standards like JESD47 and AEC-Q100
- Experience in qualification hardware design (HTOL/bHAST boards), burn-in pattern conversion, V-I profiling and bring-up
- Familiarity with silicon and package qualification for consumer and automotive markets, with ability to create associated reports
- The ability to support chip level failure analysis and RMAs
- Ability to travel internationally up to 10%
Belief in Diversity
Synaptics is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. 
