Product Development Engineer

Altera Corporation

$106K — $153K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • 5+ years of industry experience in IC design and test.
  • Experience with FPGA Reset, Configuration, SDM, or DFX architectures.
  • Proficient in DFT methodologies like scan chains and Memory BIST.
  • Familiar with RTL design, synthesis, and verification flows.
  • Skilled in fault grading and test time analysis.
  • Scripting expertise in Python, Perl, TCL, or similar.

Responsibilities

  • Own the development of manufacturing test content for FPGA architectures.
  • Develop and implement DFT strategies to maximize fault coverage.
  • Perform pre-silicon test simulations to ensure effectiveness before tape-out.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate testability features early in design.
  • Analyze test results and debug silicon failures for root cause analysis.
  • Optimize test time, cost, and quality with manufacturing and test teams.
  • Investigate early customer returns to enhance test effectiveness.

Benefits

  • Incentive opportunities based on individual and company performance.
  • State-of-the-art working environment and latest technology exposure.
  • Potential for professional growth and development within a leading tech company.
Full Job Description
Job Details:

Job Description:

About the Role

Altera is searching for a Product Development Engineer to join our Manufacturing Content Development Engineering Group!

The Manufacturing Content Development Engineering Group is responsible for architecting, developing, validating and productizing high quality manufacturing test content for FPGAs to screen out any manufacturing defects and thus guaranteeing the highest quality of outgoing parts to customers.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Own manufacturing test content development for FPGA Reset and Configuration architectures, including Secure Device Manager (SDM), configuration interfaces, reset controllers, boot flows, and related infrastructure IPs.
  • Develop and implement DFT strategies utilizing Scan, ATPG, MBIST, IJTAG, and functional test methodologies to maximize fault coverage.
  • Perform pre-silicon test pattern simulation and validation to ensure test effectiveness prior to tape-out.
  • Collaborate with RTL, DFT, and Design Verification teams to ensure robust testability features are implemented early in the design cycle.
  • Analyze test results, debug silicon failures, and provide root cause analysis.
  • Work with manufacturing and test teams to optimize test time, cost, and quality.
  • Analyze early customer returns with emphasis on driving test hole closure activities.
  • Drive test time reduction through analysis of fallout data versus test time for various IPs to balance and drive overall product cost optimizations.
  • Stay updated with industry trends and emerging DFT/test technologies.


Salary Range

The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$106,200 - $153,675 USD

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

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Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, or related field (or other related Engineering degree) with 5+ years of industry experience in the following:
  • Experience in IC design and IC test.
  • Experience with FPGA Reset, Configuration, SDM, or DFX architectures.
  • Experience in DFT methodologies such as scan chains, Memory BIST, ATPG, boundary scan, test compression, IJTAG and JTAG networks
  • Experience with RTL design, synthesis, and verification flows.
  • Experience with fault grading, test time analysis, test coverage analysis, and test yield enhancement.
  • Scripting skills in Python, Perl, TCL, or similar.
  • Semiconductor manufacturing test processes.
  • Digital and analog circuit fundamentals.


Job Type:
Regular

Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:
San Jose, California, United States

Additional Locations:

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