This is an opportunity to develop a career developing Design For Testability (DFT) implementations, performing pre-silicon verification of functional and structural test content and enabling and executing test content on automated test equipment platforms.
Many of the technologies we work with are pre-production; we work in an environment where we design and documented concurrently with our test development activities.
Responsible for ensuring the testability and manufacturability of integrated circuits from the component feasibility stage through production ramp.
Make significant contributions to design, development and validation of testability circuits.
Evaluation, development and debug of complex test methods.
Develops and debugs complex software programs to convert design validation vectors and drive complex test equipment.
Creates and tests validation and production test hardware solutions.
Tests, validates, modifies and redesigns circuits to guarantee component margin to specification.
Analyzes and evaluates component specification versus performance to ensure optimal match of component requirements with production equipment capability with specific emphasis on yield analysis and bin split capability.
Analyzes early customer returns with emphasis on driving test hole closure activities.
Creates and applies concepts for optimizing component production relative to both quality and cost constraints.
Autonomously plans and schedules own daily tasks, develops solutions to problems utilizing formal education and judgment.
**Qualifications**
**Minimum Qualifications**:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering or related field of studies with 2+ years of experience in product engineering or test content development, including:
- Test development and execution using lab equipment for analog, mixed signal circuit characterization and debug
- Background and knowledge in hardware architecture analog, mixed signal design and implementation
- Intermediate to advanced English Level
- Must have permanent unrestricted right to work in Costa Rica
**Preferred qualifications**:
- Semiconductor experience
- Familiarity with scripting languages with emphasis on python
- Simulation and validation experience with hardware description languages such as Verilog and/or System Verilog
- Knowledge of IO protocols specs DFT architectures and design PCI Express USB3 DDR etc
- Evaluation and validation of analog, mixed signal and DFT circuits including concepts such as timing jitter margining squelch equalization
- Knowledgeable in statistical data analysis using platforms such as JMP or R
- Silicon debug and characterization of new products including working with platform and system level validation teams to identify and close silicon issues
- Familiarity with high frequency signal integrity concepts using frequency domain Sparameter and time domain metrics
- Experience with using software tools to analyze PCB physical layout and make recommendations on PCB design
- 1 year experience in DFTDFD hardware testing methods and tools
**Inside this Business Group**
The Infrastructure and Platform Solutions Group (IPSG) builds the silicon and platform infrastructure for Intel's silicon design teams.
IPSG is comprised of a reusable pool of infrastructure IP blocks, design enabling services such as tools and automation, and a best-in-class post silicon ecosystem that ramps quickly to high volume manufacturing and validation.
Our primary mission is to protect Intel's brand by providing the infrastructure necessary to enable all of Intel's products to hit the market on a dependable and predictable cadence.
**Work Model for this Role**
This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site.