
Staff Applications Engineer
- Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The roles will include:
- Working and interacting with a wide variety of NI staff and NI Alliance partners in semiconductor test engineering, test program structure, hardware design, and fixture design in support of customer solutions.
- Generating requirements document that can be to finalize statements of work
- Defining and implementing project plans, leading project achievements and holding reviews to ensure meeting requirements and ready for deployments.
- Hardware Tasks Responsibilities
- Understand the design and validate analog and digital circuits covering signal interconnect and data communication protocol based on Device Under Test requirements
- Participate in the creation of coordinated NI modular hardware into a turnkey test system based on test requirements
- Evaluate coordinated hardware on system reliability, testing accuracy and total system cost of test
- RF related knowledge and experience is a plus
- Willing to travel domestically and abroad in support of opportunities and projects (~20%)
- Support NI system development activities at customer sites
- Resolve NI system issues at customer sites to meet stability and reliability expectations
- Work with customers and contract manufacturers to improve NI tester performance
- Offer mentorship and support for NI system operation at customer sites
- B.S or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Electronics Engineering Technology or higher
- 2 to 5 years of relevant shown experience in a System Design Role, Application Engineering, Technical Field Sales or a Test Engineering Design Role
- RFIC or mixed-signal IC testing and validation
- RF FEM, On-Wafer test, IPD, ADC/DAC, LED, MEMS sensor, PMIC &etc.
- Software and system development, including test case development
- Text-Based Programming, C++, VB, Java, etc.
- Test platform software (SmarTest, IG-XL, etc)
- Major semiconductor ATE platform experience (V93000, Ultra, J750, Pax, etc)
- Experience in common test engineering instruments: source measurement unit, digital pattern instrument, digitizer, etc.
- Proven understanding of the following concepts and principles:
- Sources of measurement error
- Appropriate selection of instrumentation and equipment layout
- Integration of hardware and software
- Electrical ground and shield concepts
- Proficient in using software tools for PCB design and crafting schematics.
- Statistical analysis of data (Cp, Cpk, GR&R)
- Proven track record to:
- Work efficiently in a group development environment,
- Structure problem-solving skills - diagnose technical issues and propose reasonable solutions,
- Take initiative, be a self-starter, and work independently,
- Persistently drive tasks and lead projects to successful completion,
- Quickly learn applicable technology, systems, and products.
- Strong work ethic and strive to succeed
- Semiconductor experience and knowledge such as ATE, handler, prober, on-wafer test, digital test, fabrication …etc.
- Great written and verbal English communication
- NI PXI platform or NI LabVIEW/TestStand experience (Plus)
- Strong understanding of electrical engineering, electronics & computer architectures