Director of Product Engineering

Responsibilities

Max Linear is seeking a Director of Product Engineering to join our team. In this role, you will focus on the following:

• Build and mentor engineering talent while fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and innovation
• Drive seamless transition of products from design to manufacturing and own product manufacturing performance throughout the entire product lifecycle
• Lead product bring-up, silicon validation, characterization, qualification, and production release activities
• Define organizational strategy, goals, KPIs, and resource plans aligned with company objectives
• Collaborate closely with cross functional organizations to optimize performance, yield, testability, and manufacturability
• Establish manufacturing readiness criteria and ensure successful product ramp
• Own product yield improvement initiatives across wafer fabrication, assembly, and final test operations
• Implement statistical process control (SPC), DOE, FMEA, and advanced analytics techniques.
• Analyze product and test data to identify yield detractors and implement corrective actions
• Develop strategies to improve cost of test, manufacturing efficiency, and overall product margins
• Support customer escalations, product quality investigations, and field-return analysis
• Establish and manage OSAT scorecards and KPIs to ensure world-class execution in quality, yield, cost, delivery, and cycle time

• Experience with releasing products on advanced CMOS Process nodes (16nm and below)
• Deep knowledge of mm-wave, RF, Mixed signal and CMOS logic circuit principles
• Knowledge and experience with ATE (Automatic Test Equipment), such as Verigy and Teradyne
• Experience with Data Analysis S/W such as Galaxy, Data Conductor or Data Power to create Characterization Reports and monitor production Yield
• Experience recruiting, managing, and mentoring an engineering team
• BS in Electrical Engineering or related +13 years of experience, or MS +11 years of experience, or Ph.D. +8 years of experience

Max Linear has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock-based compensation.

Max Linear's good faith estimate starting base salary range is: $187,000 to $251,Annually

We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are: health care benefits, 401k savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off.

The actual starting base salary will be determined by the match to certain role-related criteria such as educational degree(s) or equivalent, relevant work experience, skillset needed for the role, and geographic location; this is not an all-inclusive list as some roles may require unique skills or experience.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Max Linear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging…