ATE Test Development Engineer

Job Description

Broadcom’s Global Operations supporting Core Switching Group is seeking a candidate for an ATE Test Development Engineer. Products include networking switches for NIC, Scale Up, Scale Out, Scale Across networking for traditional and AI data centers. This position is at our R&D center in Irvine, CA or San Jose, CA. The successful candidate will have hands‑on experience developing test hardware and test programs using Ultra Flex testers.

• Develop ATE test program for networking switches that are high power and have high speed SERDES (>100G) and bring the product from design to manufacturing.
• Drive hardware development including final test and probe, working with PCB designer, probe vendor, socket vendor.
• Debug and bring up test hardware on ATE.
• Drive test time reduction and optimize test program for better yield without impacting quality.
• Work closely with Product Engineers and Design Engineers.
• Communicate with the production team (Asia) to release test programs and collaborate with them.

• Hands‑on experience with Teradyne Ultra Flex tester platforms.
• Ability to independently develop test programs, including complex test flows to support chip specifications around performance and power consumption.
• Support debugging/troubleshooting of various failure mechanisms with the part by working with cross‑functional teams.
• Perform volume data analysis, correlate failures with system failures, proficiency with data analysis software/languages.
• Programming experience required for test method development.
• Work with test hardware development teams, understand chip performance at ATE and contributions from the test hardware on chip behavior.
• Experienced with extreme temperature testing of ASICs at ATE.
• Experience with AI tools for quick script development is a plus.

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years of related experience, or Master’s Degree and 6+ years of related experience.

• Annual base salary range: $108,000 – $172,800.
• Eligible for discretionary annual bonus and equity according to plan documents and agreements.
• Benefits:
  Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) with company matching, ESPP, EAP, company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence per applicable law.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status and any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.