Job Description

SENIOR ATE TEST ENGINEER

NXP's Automotive Processing business unit provides the processing power to help accelerate the next breakthrough automotive designs for advanced driver assistance systems, vehicle networking, wireless connectivity, body and chassis, powertrain and safety applications.

To support new cutting edge automotive microprocessor products as part of the product and test engineering "new production introduction" team. Will interface with global teams and help establish best practices and standards for the teams to follow. Help lead the team on meeting critical test program deliverables and milestones.

JOB SUMMARY:

• Work with large product and test team on new production introduction of cutting edge automotive microprocessors
• Engage with SOC design, IP design, Design-For-Test (DFT), and Product Engineering teams on capturing and documenting test and characterization requirements and pattern requirements
• Also, work closely with the design, DFT and verification teams on pattern development and debug as well as analyzing and sharing characterization results
• Run pattern simulations via Verilog test bench and learn to create your own patterns
• Learn and use evaluation boards to help debug new tests and then port to ATE
• Build large complex automotive microprocessor ATE test programs to support customer samples, characterization, qualification and production launch
• Look for opportunities to create innovative solutions or tools to improve efficiency and quality to our test program development
• Attention to detail and quality is paramount while being aware of schedules and cost demands

KEY CHALLENGES:

• Ensuring test programs are compliant to meeting all standards, test requirements and quality checks while meeting aggressive schedules
• Debugging new ATE final test and probe hardware while also debugging new test programs on new microprocessors or system in package designs

CROSS FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS:

• Working collaboratively to solve problems and identify test coverage gaps between global design, verification, design-for-test (DFT), validation and product engineering teams
• Engage, support and share knowledge with our extended Product and Test Engineering sites in Tianjin, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS/MS in EE, BS/MS in Computer Engineering
• 5 or more years' experience semiconductor ATE Test Engineering.
• Knowledge of Teradyne UltraFLEX or 93K ATE a plus.
• Skilled in some or all the following areas; DFT Scan, MBIST, mid/high speed I/O functional, or mixed signal and analog tests.
• Proficient with DC Parametric ATE Testing
• Experience with ATE test program integration a plus
• Experience in Configuration Management tools.
• Knowledgeable of microprocessors and or microcontrollers
• Experience with ATE probe and final test hardware debug
• Proficient in Visual Basic and or C++
• Data analysis experience is a plus
• Experience with scripting languages like Python, Perl or Ruby
• Proficient in Linux and Windows operating systems

JOB LOCATION:

• Austin, TX

Company Description

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables secure connections for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better, and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is driving innovation in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has approximately 30,000 employees in more than 30+ countries and posted revenue of $8.61 billion in 2020.