Principal Product Engineer

Company

Job overview

Key responsibilities

• Own the product lifecycle from concept and first silicon through qualification, production release, sustaining, and end of life.
• Drive first-silicon bring-up and debug with Design, Test, and Applications teams.
• Plan voltage, temperature, and process characterization, including production limits and guard-banding.
• Maintain product BOMs and lifecycle data in PLM systems such as Agile.
• Remove material-flow obstacles and recover schedule gaps with planning, manufacturing, subcontractor, and operations teams.
• Own qualification planning and execution under applicable JEDEC and AEC requirements.
• Prepare release documentation, datasheet compliance evidence, and automotive compliance reports.
• Use production data and statistical analysis to improve yield, quality, and test time.
• Optimize PAT, SYL, SBL, SPC, and disposition limits to protect outgoing quality.
• Support fab transfers, BOM changes, and customer-return or RMA investigations.

Technical leadership

• Provide technical direction and sign off reviews.
• Lead technical decisions and risk resolution across Design, Product Engineering, Operations, suppliers, and OSAT teams.
• Address design-for-excellence topics and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders as an independent subject-matter expert.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electronic engineering or industrial engineering.
• At least 15 years of relevant semiconductor experience across product engineering, NPI, manufacturing, and test.
• Understanding of wafer fabrication, assembly, test, qualification, and production-release flows.
• Experience managing wafer starts, prototype builds, customer samples, inventory, and product BOMs.
• Knowledge of SoC and mixed-signal testing, circuit building blocks, device behavior, and semiconductor test methodology.
• Familiarity with ATE platforms, laboratory equipment, qualification standards, PLM tools, yield-management tools, and failure analysis methods.
• Experience working with external foundries, OSATs, subcontractors, and distributed product teams.
• Strong analytical, planning, coordination, problem-solving, communication, and influencing skills.

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