Engineer, Design Validation & Characterization

at MURATA ELECTRONICS NO. AMERICA, INC in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Engineer, Design Validation & Characterization

Location:
Arlington Heights, IL, US

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 individual will execute design validation and characterization activities and contribute to product development of RF and mixed signal ICs in pSemi's UltraCMOS technology for mobile wireless and consumer WIFI RF front end semiconductor products for cellular handsets and commercial/industrial applications. Product lines include high performance RF switches, PA controllers (PAC's), power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, digital tunable capacitors and IC filters. A successful person enjoys working crossfunctionally to set up and operate RF test benches, automate measurements, analyze data across PVT, and document results to support highquality product releases. The job will require understanding in RF and analog measurements combined with disciplined project planning to support the release of high-quality products. As part of a cross-functional product development team, the Engineer will support other essential disciplines including marketing and applications, project management, design, production and test engineering. Additionally, they will work very closely with the design team to understand the part operation and device.

Roles & Responsibilities
This position has responsibility for:
Design Validation: Performing lab measurements on various RF and mixed signal front end IC's (LNA, SW, PA, PAC's, Couplers, Digital tunable capacitors and IC filters) and create validation report with comparisons vs design expectations.
Product Characterization: Characterize products across PVT per test plans; configure and maintain benches and fixtures, instrument setups, and calibration routines; maintain and extend existing automation scripts to improve efficiency and repeatability.
Product Qualification: Compile and analyze results from products being stressed for lifetime reliability. Support bench evaluation of qualification units and escalate anomalies with clear reproduction steps and data.
Product Documentation: Document device performance and limitations with traceable data including conditions, scripts, and configurations for future reference by applications and customer support. Propose preliminary performance limits based on design verification and characterization data for crossfunctional review and approval.
Production ATE Development: Partner with Test Engineering to correlate bench measurements and the automated test solution, including golden units, correlation data sets, and issue reproduction support.
Product Evaluation: Support design verification by executing defined experiments, reproducing issues, and providing timely status updates.
Analysis Tool Development: Maintain and enhance characterization and test data analysis tools to streamline characterization (CPK analysis) and improve ATE capability understanding (GR&R)
Characterization Infrastructure: Configure, maintain, and incrementally improve RF validation benches, fixtures, and automation. Design adapters and fixtures as... For full info follow application link.

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.