Senior Engineer, Product Engineering (RMA)

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

The Senior Engineer, Product Engineering (RMA) will be responsible for managing all engineering aspects of customer RMA FA process and driving a complete understanding of RMA FA root cause, yield effects, drivers, and trends in order to monitor the quality and reliability for a line of RF, Power and Sensor IC products, and ensuring high quality and high yielding product at IC and module level.

This position reports to the Product Quality Engineering department within the Operations Quality and Reliability Engineering organization. The Senior Engineer, Product Engineering (RMA) is primarily responsible for coordinating activities in support of the analysis of customer returns (RMA), yield enhancement, and overall quality of pSemi final products. This position will interface with Product, Test, Design, Manufacturing, Foundry, FA, Reliability, and counterparts at parent company Murata in Japan. This position will also have some direct interfacing with customers and downstream manufacturing sites, as needed.

The assigned tasks will be diverse in scope and will require analysis of situations, data, and intangibles typically found in an IC Product Engineering function. The candidate will need to exercise good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. The candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a sense of commitment and be flexible to project needs. The candidate must be a team player and possess a sense of urgency to meet product quality requirements on schedule.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Customer Return Support (RMA) : Ensure high quality and high yielding material at downstream manufacturing stages. Manage all engineering aspects of the customer RMA/FA process and work with PE, FA, QA and CQE teams to define messaging and report results to executives and customers. Coordinate response plans with customer and internal teams to drive Corrective Actions for any excursions.

• Product Sustaining: Apply data analysis skills to improve product yields during production. Able to operate independently.

• Failure Analysis: Drive and perform failure analysis studies on customer returns or to study failure modes that impact yield. Work with FA team to provide EFA guidance and define PFA objectives, perform fault isolation, and help interpret results.

Competency Requirements

In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations
• Working with Ambiguity: Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information
• Making Accurate Judgments and Decisions: Bases decisions on a systematic review of relevant facts and information; avoids making assumptions or rushing to judgment; provides clear rationale for decisions
• Displaying Technical Expertise: Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others
• Solving Complex Problems: Breaks down large problems into smaller, more manageable components; identifies key factors that influence the viability of different solutions; clarifies information needed to solve problems

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Product Engineering, Device Engineering, or Design Engineering, depending on level of education and experience
• Experience with any of the following products: LNA, Switch, PA's, Digital Attenuators, Phase Shifters, DC-DC converters, PMIC
• Experience with software such as JIRA, Exensio, JMP, Cadence (layout and schematic review)
• Experience working with large datasets and applying statistical methods to draw conclusions
• Experience in semiconductor failure analysis tools and techniques
• Strong technical writing and communication skills
• Team player with a strong sense of urgency to meet product requirements on schedule
• Cross-functional team leadership
• Ability to clearly assess and manage risk

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic understanding or familiarity of RF SOI CMOS Technology
• Basic knowledge of semiconductor device fabrication, RF testing and measurement is a plus

Education Requirements

• BSEE required

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

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.

Note: The Peregrine Semiconductor name, Peregrine Semiconductor logoand UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP andDuNE are trademarks of pSemi Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. pSemi products are protected under one or more of the following U.S. Patents: http://patents.psemi.com