Bench Validation and Characterization Manager

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This position is for a senior engineering leader who will be leading a team of bench characterization engineers supporting new product development. This role requires a candidate with people leadership skills coupled with hands-on technical skillset. Candidate will have equal amount of focus spent between people leadership skills and hands-on technical contribution. This role requires close co-ordination and collaboration with design teams, SW/FW teams, Product/Test engineering teams, PM teams, and also may require engagement with external customer teams, to deliver product characterization results that support project goals.

• Lead silicon bring-up, validation, and characterization activities for complex SoCs.
• Manage and develop a team of validation engineers and lab technicians.
• Define validation plans and drive execution across functionality, performance, power, and reliability.
• Lead debug and root-cause analysis of silicon issues in collaboration with Design, Product Engineering, DFT, and Test Engineering teams.
• Oversee characterization of analog, mixed-signal, and RF subsystems and IPs across digital, analog, and RF product lines.
• Code bench test plans bench characterization board/socket hardware design, including compliance to parasitics requirements, stack-up, grounding, shielding, power integrity, and component placement.
• Develop and deploy automated validation and data analysis solutions using Python, MATLAB, or equivalent data-analytics tools.
• Own lab infrastructure, equipment planning, calibration, safety, and operational excellence.
• Drive correlation between simulation, bench results, and ATE production test data.
• Review characterization data, correlate findings to system-level parameters, and ensure reports are ready for stakeholder review.
• Support qualification, customer engagements, and production release activities.

• Communicate team progress, risks, and priorities to engineering leadership.

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline with 10yrs+ of work experience in semiconductor characterization, bench measurements, or related engineering work.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or managing engineers, or demonstrated readiness to grow into people leadership.
• Experience using benchtop equipment such as power supplies, multimeters, signal generators, AWGs, SMUs, pattern generators, VNAs, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.
• Programming experience in developing test code and automation using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or equivalent.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills and the ability to represent the team to senior stakeholders.

• Experience with RF/mmWave, radar, wireless, networking, or high-speed communication products.
• Project management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong planning & organizational skills.

$ - $. The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

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