Staff Engineer, Product Engineering

Murata America • San Diego, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for product from development kick-off, through production, until end of life. The position will be responsible for ensuring successful characterization of new products, defining production test plans and launching new products into high volume production. Responsibilities include yield enhancement, analysis of RMA customer returns, and Change control during production. This position will interface with Design, Characterization, Test, Manufacturing, Quality, Reliability, Applications, Foundry and Marketing groups to identify opportunities, drive projects to completion, and verify effectiveness.

The assigned tasks will be diverse and complex in nature which requires exceptional organization skills and high attention to detail. This position will need to exercise sound judgment in methods used to solve problems and in the evaluation of the results. This position will use data analysis to drive most decisions. Product Engineering is responsible for moving products from a proven design into production. This position will be expected to coordinate activities with other engineers working on the project. This position must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a sense of commitment and be flexible to project needs. The position must be a team player and possess a sense of urgency to meet product requirements on schedule.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Product Engineering or Design Engineering, depending on education level and experience
• Experience with any of the following products: LNA, Switch, Antenna Tuning Switch, Wifi/Bluetooth PA
• Strong technical writing and communication skills
• Team player with a strong sense of urgency to meet product requirements on schedule
• Hands on use of RF measurement equipment to validate performance
• Background with software such as Excensio, JMP, Cadence, Matlab
• Background working with large datasets and applying statistical methods to draw conclusions
• Experience with Cadence or similar design tool and schematic review
• Ability to mentor junior engineers
• BSEE required; MSEE preferred

Nice To Haves

• Experience mentoring junior engineers

Responsibilities

• New Product introduction: Ensure new products meet product development requirements prior to production release. Define production test plans, define experiments to study product performance and capabilities, analyze test and characterization data to identify performance issues or show product meets marketing requirements. Establish standardized test and measurement methods for new product lines.
• Product Sustaining: Apply data analysis skills to improve product yields during production. Review and disposition production lots as necessary. Test time reduction. Analyze customer returns. Able to operate with minimal guidance.
• Change Control: Review any changes in production processes and how the change may impact product performance or reliability. Perform any necessary electrical characterization to support change qualification.
• Failure Analysis: Drive failure analysis studies on customer returns or to study failure modes that impact yield.
• Team Leadership: provide technical mentoring to junior product engineers; coordinate activities and efforts on cross functional teams

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level