Sr. Manager - Silicon Test Engineering, Kuiper Silicon Team

- Bachelor's degree in electrical/communications engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years in semiconductor RF or mixed-signal test engineering, preferably in high-volume consumer devices manufacturing.
- 5+ years of operations team leadership experience in the semiconductor industry.
- 3+ years of managing managers.


- Experience with digital / SERDES test techniques such as scan, MBIST, and loopback.
- Experience with JTAG and boundary-scan techniques.
- Understand of and experience with DFT and DFM.
- Experience with ATE hardware development and debugging.
- Experience with running firmware on DUTs to reduce test time and increase self-testability.
- Knowledge of PCB design requirements and layout best practices for high-speed signaling and mm-wave signaling.
- Experience writing test programs for UltraFlex and Advantest equipment for wafer sort and final test.
- Excellent understanding of wireless electronic manufacturing, assembly and test processes, and hands on experience with failure analysis.
- Knowledgeable in production control processes, statistical analysis platforms (Galaxy, Spotfire, JMP or similar), data interpretation/analysis, Cp/Cpk, and bench/tester correlation.
- Working Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, PERL, and Tcl/Tk


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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $187,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $324,100/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

As the leader of Kuiper’s Silicon Test Engineering team, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive, design, and scale innovative semiconductor product manufacturing solutions. You will work closely with internal inter-disciplinary teams and third-party suppliers to drive key aspects of reliability, quality and test system definition, design, and deployment. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.


Key job responsibilities
- Build and lead a silicon manufacturing team consisting of Digital, RF, and SERDES test experts.
- Collaborate with silicon design and engineering partners to ensure that quality, reliability, and testability are properly considering during the design phase.
- Specify bench and production test plans for chips, and review measurement results.
- Drive interactions with suppliers such as foundries and OSATs to complete engineering programs for wafer test, final test, qualification, and burn-in.
- Design and Implement test systems comprising test program, loadboards, probecards, etc.
- Actively identify test related readiness issues, and optimizations throughout the product lifecycle and work towards expedient resolutions.
- Define and implement best practices for hardware / software design cycles and revision control.
- Own the optimization, standardization, and improvement of test methodologies to enhance operational efficiency in production, ensure product quality, and minimize cost.
- Recruit, coach, and develop organizational talent to build on our existing team of test engineering professionals.
- Work with business and legal teams to write SoWs for supplier contracts, and negotiate supplier contracts.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.