15+ years in semiconductor product/test engineering with NPI to high-volume manufacturing experience.
Proven experience in selecting and managing OSAT and foundry partners, focusing on cost, quality, and yield negotiations.
Hands-on expertise in packaging, ATE, and post-silicon validation.
Experience with production test and screening for complex, high-reliability products.
Demonstrated ability to build and scale engineering teams from the ground up.
Strong collaboration skills with design, architecture, and supply chain teams.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end bring-up, characterization, validation, and debug across multiple silicon generations.
Define and drive packaging and test strategy, including ATE program development and test condition optimization.
Select, qualify, and manage OSAT and test-house partners through NPI and high-volume manufacturing.
Lead yield learning and qualification efforts, including root-cause analysis of failures.
Own production calibration and screening methodology for memory products to meet performance targets.
Build and lead a high-performing silicon product engineering organization from scratch.
Partner with design, architecture, and supply chain teams to ensure designs are optimized for cost and yield.
Establish data analysis practices to identify failure mechanisms early in the process.
Benefits
Opportunity to lead and shape a new silicon product engineering team.
Engagement in cutting-edge AI silicon development.
Collaboration with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
Potential for significant impact on product reliability and performance.
Access to innovative methodologies in silicon testing and validation.
Full Job Description
The Role
Normal builds custom silicon for AI inference. As Head of Silicon Product Engineering, you will own everything that happens between a design being correct and a product being real: packaging, test and ATE, post-silicon validation and bring-up, yield and qualification, OSAT and test-house selection, and production calibration and screening of our memory products.
This is a build role. You will stand up the team, the vendor relationships, and the processes that take Normal's silicon from tape-out through high-volume manufacturing, working at the intersection of design, manufacturing, and product to turn architectural intent into a producible, testable, reliable product at scale. You will also be setting precedent: establishing test and calibration methodology for a new silicon program as it matures toward volume. What You Will Own
Post-Silicon Strategy: Own end-to-end bring-up, characterization, validation, and debug across multiple silicon generations.
Packaging & Test: Define and drive packaging and test strategy, including ATE program development, test coverage, and test condition optimization for yield, quality, and performance.
OSAT & Test-House Selection: Select, qualify, and manage OSAT and test-house partners; own the relationship through NPI and into high-volume manufacturing, including cost, quality, and yield negotiations.
Yield & Qualification: Lead yield learning and qualification efforts from early silicon through production ramp, including root-cause analysis of systematic and random failures.
Production Calibration & Screening: Own production calibration and screening methodology for our memory products, ensuring performance and reliability targets are met at volume.
Team Build: Build and lead a high-performing silicon product engineering organization from the ground up, including hiring, process, and tooling.
Cross-Functional Feasibility: Partner closely with design, architecture, and supply chain teams to ensure designs are producible, testable, and optimized for cost and yield before they become expensive to change.
Data Infrastructure: Build the data analysis practices needed to catch failure mechanisms early: characterization and manufacturing data from wafer acceptance testing, sort, package, and system-level test.
What Makes You a Great Fit
15+ years in semiconductor product/test engineering, with direct ownership of silicon from NPI through high-volume manufacturing.
Proven experience selecting and managing OSAT and foundry partners, including cost, quality, and yield negotiations.
Deep hands-on background in packaging, ATE, and post-silicon bring-up and validation.
Experience with production test and screening methodology for complex, high-reliability products.
A track record of building and scaling engineering teams from early stage.
Strong cross-functional fluency with design, architecture, and supply chain organizations.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Bonus Points
Experience bringing up test and qualification for a new or unconventional silicon architecture, not just a new generation of a familiar one.
Experience with memory-adjacent product engineering (DRAM, HBM, or custom memory modules).
Experience at an AI or high-performance compute startup where design, verification, and product engineering worked in tight iteration cycles.
Comfort operating in an environment where the test methodology is still being invented alongside the hardware.
