Senior Manager, Test Engineering

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 Manager, Test Engineering will lead a fast paced engineering team focused on supporting global sustaining and high-volume production test of leading edge RF products. The selected candidate will be involved in all aspects of deploying and sustaining wafer sort and final test solutions, including project planning, staffing, execution, budget and scheduling. The position reports into the Test Engineering Director and works closely with Product Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain and Production teams.

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Serving as a liaison between new test development and manufacturing teams to facilitate new product introduction and sustaining of existing products
• Managing the coordinating with internal and remote production test facilities to establish, qualify and sustain production ATE solutions
• Ensuring existing methods and procedures are followed
• Learning and mastering new automated testers and associated methods
• Providing troubleshooting support, recurring problem detection, root cause analysis and resolution for manufacturing test issues
• Reviewing production test methods and procedures, identifies areas for continuous improvement and drives cross functional team meetings and actions as required
• Team Leadership: Optimize performance by motivating team by example, influence, training, and structure
• Status Reporting: Provide periodic status reporting to internal customers and management.
• Personnel Management:
  • Directly supervise employees. Carriers out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization processes.
  • Responsibilities include hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; apprising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Competency Requirements

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

• Delegating Responsibility: Provides people with clear objectives and allows them to take ownership for their goals; gives people a mix of tasks that challenge but do not overwhelm them; acts as a resource people can utilize to help accomplish their goals
• Managing Performance: Applies clear/consistent performance standards, handles performance problems decisively and objectively, is direct but tactful, provides guidance and assistance to improve performance
• Making Accurate Judgment and Decisions: Bases decisions on a systematic review of relevant facts, information and data; 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
• Driving Continuous Improvement: Establishes methods to monitor and improve performance of systems and processes; utilizes specialized techniques for continuous improvement

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in an Engineering/Production environment
• 4+ years of experience in a management role
• Demonstrated test development experience in new product introduction and/or sustaining existing test solutions in high volume production of integrated circuit products - packaged IC or wafer probe
• Strong leadership and technical/personnel management skills, with demonstrated ability to lead and manage a team
• Demonstrate experience interfacing with senior management, performing analysis, making tradeoff decisions and using project management techniques and accountability
• Understands RF, high speed digital and mixed signal test methodologies
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and teamwork skills
• Ability to use data analysis tools, apply engineering methods and draw conclusions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with OSAT's on turnkey test developments
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages including one of the following: National Instruments CVI, C, C++
• Sense of urgency to meet requirements on schedule
• Ability to clearly assess and manage risk
• Strength in documentation clarity and completeness
• Ability to multi-task and work competently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Education Requirements

• BS required, MS preferred (Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering)

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.

$165,422.03 - $231,606.72 per year

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 logo and UltraCMOS are registered trademarks and the pSemi name, pSemi logo, HaRP and DuNE 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

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