Silicon Product and Test Engineer

This role leads silicon characterization, yield optimization, test strategy development, cross-platform correlation, and system-level performance optimization for advanced-node bitcoin mining ASICs. It collaborates with ASIC Design, ATE, Bench, Systems, Reliability, Foundry, OSAT, and external vendor partners.

Responsibilities

• Drive post-silicon bring-up, characterization, qualification, and productization from first silicon through mass production.
• Develop and optimize wafer sort and final test screening strategies for power, performance, yield, quality, and DPPM.
• Develop, debug, and maintain ATE test programs and screening methodologies for advanced-node ASICs.
• Define and execute characterization plans across process, voltage, and temperature conditions.
• Analyze silicon data across CP, FT, Bench, and System platforms to improve correlation and system-level performance.
• Plan, execute, and analyze DOE studies for silicon characterization, yield optimization, and process tuning.
• Develop ASIC binning methodologies and system optimization strategies with system and hardware engineers.
• Define and support ATE hardware requirements including probe cards, sockets, and load boards.
• Analyze wafer-level and package-level data to identify trends, root causes, and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with foundry, OSAT, and external vendors on bring-up, qualification, yield improvement, and manufacturing execution.
• Develop KPIs and dashboards for power, performance, process variation, yield, and product quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–10 years of experience in Product Engineering, Test Engineering, Silicon Validation, or Post-Silicon Engineering in fabless or semiconductor environments.
• Strong understanding of wafer sort, final test, qualification, and high-volume semiconductor manufacturing.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, characterization, yield analysis, and product qualification for advanced-node ASICs or SoCs.
• Experience with ATE platforms such as Advantest 93K or Chroma.
• Experience developing or debugging ATE test programs and production screening methodologies.
• Strong statistical data analysis and debugging skills using JMP, Python, or similar tools.
• Experience with DOE planning, silicon correlation, and yield optimization.
• Cross-functional experience with Design, Systems, Firmware, Reliability, Manufacturing, Foundry, and OSAT teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to independently drive technical issues to closure.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with high ownership.
• Nice-to-have experience includes low-voltage optimization, HPC, AI, networking, bitcoin mining ASICs, device physics, SPICE, FinFET, system-level characterization, scripting, or Mandarin fluency.

Benefits

• Remote work
• Medical insurance
• Flexible time off
• Retirement savings plans
• Modern family planning