Staff Engineer, Product Engineering (Power Management) at Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts

Job Description:

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor's 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission-to enhance Murata's world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi's product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi's team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

This hands-on position will be responsible for all product engineering activities relating to power semiconductors. The successful candidate will be responsible for product reliability and support our engineering team during the entire product life cycle from product definition through product release to end-of-life interfacing primarily with offshore-Fabs and OSATs, independent test houses, and internal engineering teams.

This position will be based out of our office in Burlington, MA, and will be part of a cross-functional product development team working closely with design, marketing, quality, and procurement in the UK and USA.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Working with Design and Test Engineering to drive development robust test plans and coverage at wafer-probe and final test. Address testability and bench test converge gaps in ATE production test by working closely with Test engineering on ATE and historical product


• Align with Test and Design engineering on DFT plan.

• Work closely with Reliability, Design, Packaging, and Test Engineering to provide input on qual plans, Qual/ESD ATE test coverage, and ESD/LU plans. Coordinate and drive all activates with internal design, ops teams and external vendors/labs.


• Identify and manage Rel sub-contractors, defining qualification requirements and organizing the tests such as HTOL, approving results and releasing to production etc.


• Focal point for supporting and driving characterization, qualification requirements. Manage and coordinate Device, Package Level Qualification, and ESD/LU efforts and perform data shift analysis, including Failure Analysis coordination.


• Perform ATE/Bench characterization, analyses data using SPC tools, and issue characterization report.


• Drive ATE-bench correlation activities by working with Test and Design Engineering.


• Use statistical analysis tools to analysis and monitor production yields (e.g. Pareto, boxplots, Control charts, Cpk. etc.).


• Analyze characterization report and set production guard bands. Assess yield impact and align with Marketing and Design on datasheet limits and production to ensure manufacturability.


• Align with Test on offshore sites' bring-up and transfer to production. Drive and coordinate new supplier qualification activities.


• Ownyields across all suppliers, test time and cost improvements during NPI through end of life. And drive continuous cost reduction efforts.


• Forecast, track, report, and lead test time and yield improvements by working closely with Test, Design, Foundry engineering and offshore facilities to meet target goals milestones during NPI through volume ramp.


• Monitor post-production offshore facilities yields. Drive root cause analysis, drive and implement corrective actions.


• Monitor supplier issues and disposition NPI and production material. Collaborate with various engineering disciplines, operations and suppliers across global sites.


• Support Customer Return for Analysis (CRA/RMA) by validating failures on ATE or bench. Provide feedback to Design Engineering and stakeholders. Drive failure analysis activities by working with internal development teams, Marketing, Apps and FA labs. Drive root cause resolution and implement corrective actions. Interface with customers as needed.


• Participate in development of new product deliverables including Process FMEA and Control Plans.

Competency Requirements

In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

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  Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations


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  Working with Ambiguity:Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information.


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  Displaying Technical Expertise:Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others


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  Driving for Results: Aggressively pursues challenging goals and objectives; will to put in considerable time and effort to accomplish objectives; takes a highly focused, goal driven approach toward work


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  Making Accurate Judgments and Decisions:Bases decisions on a systematic review of relevant facts and information; avoids making assumptions or rushing to judgment; provides clear rationale for decisions

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• 8+ years of experience in a Product Engineering role, with emphasis on analog and mixed signal ICs, preferably power management ICs and power modules.


• Thorough understanding of TE, PE and Characterization processes necessary for bringing products from NPI through to mass production.


• Strong understanding of all aspects of semiconductor testing from wafer probe through to final product test including various product packaging options such as WLCSP, FCLGA, CuP, and LGA based fully integrated power management modules using advanced 3D packaging technologies


• Experience in bringing semiconductors through a full suite of characterization and formal qualification tests including ESD, Latch-up, HTOL, HAST, MSL etc.


• Demonstrated experience and understanding of developing test plans suited to various product flows to reduce test cost and streamline production throughput.


• Track record of success in sustaining engineering functions within a high-volume semiconductor environment.


• Familiar with all current procedures for detailed Failure Analysis.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• Experience with Teradyne Flex, Eagle and Cohu ASL1000 platforms


• Experience in Product Engineering related to power management ICs.


• Established relationships with major fabs and OSATs relevant to analog power semiconductors, and local outsourced test partners for characterization and qual processes.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, Master's or PhD preferred

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

pSemi Corporation supports a diverse workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. pSemi does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally-protected medical condition, military or veteran status (including "protected veterans" under applicable affirmative action laws), marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws applicable to the Company. pSemi also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an employee or applicant has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.



Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logoand UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP andDuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: http://patents.psemi.com

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