Senior Product and Test Engineer

Build and productize the silicon behind next-generation edge AI

At Brain Chip, we’re developing a new class of AI hardware designed to bring real-time intelligence directly to devices.

Our Akida™ neuromorphic processor platform uses fully digital, event-based processing to deliver highly efficient AI inference and on-chip learning for applications across vision, audio, sensor fusion, industrial systems, automotive, healthcare, robotics, and consumer devices.

We are looking for a Senior Product & Test Engineer to lead silicon characterization, validation, production test, and yield improvement for current and next-generation Akida-based products.

This is a highly cross-functional role spanning pre-silicon test planning, post-silicon bring-up, device characterization, production readiness, and high-volume manufacturing support.

• Own product and test engineering activities from pre-silicon planning through characterization, qualification, production release, and sustaining support
• Develop comprehensive silicon validation, characterization, and production test strategies for advanced AI processors and So Cs
• Translate product requirements and device specifications into detailed test plans, test coverage, test procedures, and manufacturing solutions
• Lead post-silicon bring-up and characterize device functionality, power, performance, and reliability across process, voltage, and temperature conditions
• Correlate silicon results with design specifications, simulations, FPGA prototypes, and system-level expectations
• Debug complex functional and electrical issues in collaboration with digital design, verification, architecture, firmware, software, systems, and applications teams
• Develop and optimize automated test solutions for wafer probe, final test, characterization, and production screening
• Improve manufacturing yield, test coverage, test time, quality, and overall product cost
• Analyze large silicon datasets to identify yield trends, performance outliers, systematic defects, and opportunities for test optimization
• Characterize system interfaces, clocks, memory, power-management functions, and high-speed or low-power connectivity such as PCIe, SPI, JTAG, and related interfaces
• Work closely with foundry, packaging, OSAT, and test partners to support product introduction and volume production
• Lead failure analysis and root-cause investigations involving silicon, package, board, firmware, or test-program interactions
• Define reliability and qualification plans in partnership with internal teams and external manufacturing partners
• Develop scripts and automation to improve data analysis, characterization efficiency, regression testing, and reporting
• Create clear technical documentation covering test methods, device performance, known issues, corrective actions, and production readiness
• Serve as a technical lead on complex programs and mentor engineers across product, validation, and test activities
• Support customer-facing engineering teams with technical analysis, product data, and issue resolution when needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• 4+ years of experience in semiconductor product engineering, silicon validation, test engineering, or a related discipline
• Strong experience bringing ASICs, SoCs, processors, accelerators, or mixed-signal devices from initial silicon through production
• Hands-on experience with post-silicon bring-up, device characterization, production test, and silicon debug
• Strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing, process variation, yield analysis, qualification, and reliability
• Experience developing or supporting ATE test programs using platforms such as Advantest, Teradyne, or similar systems
• Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, pattern generators, and protocol analyzers
• Ability to interpret device specifications, schematics, timing diagrams, simulation results, and semiconductor test data
• Experience investigating functional, electrical, performance, power, and manufacturing-related failures
• Proficiency with Python or another…