Bench Test Engineer

Overview

Company:Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

Job Overview:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age – and this is where you come in.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Plans, designs, and develops electronic systems, circuits, components, integrated circuitry, mechanical systems, equipment and packaging, optical systems, and/or DSP systems. Conducts simulations and analyses of designs. Develops emulation solutions. Evaluates, characterizes, and develops the manufacturing solution for leading-edge products in the most advanced processes. Interfaces with various cross-functional teams (e.g. Designers, Software/System Engineering, Architecture Development, Business Groups, Customers, Customer Engineering) to drive and incorporate the latest test solutions in the production program to improve the yield, test time, and quality. Evaluates reliability of materials, properties, and techniques used in production. The responsibilities of this role include:• Working under close supervision.• Taking responsibility for own work and making decisions with limited impact; Impact of decisions is readily apparent; errors made typically only impact timeline (i.e., require additional time to correct).• Using verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine factual information about day-to-day activities to others who are fully knowledgeable in the subject area.• Completing most tasks with multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively; mistakes may result in some rework.• Exercising some creativity to troubleshoot technical problems or deal with novel circumstances.• Using deductive problem solving to solve moderately complex problems; most problems have defined processes of diagnosis/detection; some limited data analysis may be required. The responsibilities of this role do not include:• Financial accountability (e.g., does not involve budgeting responsibility).• Influence over key organizational decisions.• Role in strategic planning.Principal Duties & Responsibilities• Develops basic features and components of hardware designs in line with product proposals or roadmaps, under the supervision of more experienced engineers.• Applies basic design rules and processes for electronic hardware, equipment, and/or integrated circuitry with minimal supervision from more experienced engineers.• Reads device specification sheets and interprets basic details required to design various hardware features with minimal guidance from more experienced engineers.• Evaluates devices and documents performance over various operating conditions and configurations.• Assists in the assessment of common design features to identify potential flaws (e.g., electrical, mechanical, hardware), compatibility issues, and/or compliance issues under the supervision of more experienced engineers.• Documents basic details about materials, components, chipsets, and assemblies for a device, and records important changes to design with minimal supervision from more experienced engineers.• Troubleshoots basic issues with product designs.• Provides reasonable schedule for own tasks to project lead.• Develops understanding of Qualcomm products.• Seeks basic knowledge of industry trends, competitor products, and advances in various engineering fields from publically available information; requires minimal consultation with more experienced engineers to understand and apply advanced concepts. Additional responsibilities may also include: Develops design implementation, analysis, methodology, flows, and automation for development and validation of System on Chip, electronic parts, components, integrated circuitry, and packaging. Provides design solutions to evaluate, characterize and develop the design implementation solution for leading-edge products in the most advanced processes. Interfaces with various cross functional teams (RF, Analog and Digital IC designers, Software, System Engineering, Test Engineers, Customer Engineering, and Operations) to drive and incorporate the latest design solutions in the production program to improve yield, productivity, and quality.

The Bench Test Engineering Team is responsible for characterizing RF, Mixed signal, HSIO and DDR IPs on WLAN products from Connectivity & Networking division at Qualcomm.

In this position, you will be responsible for Characterizing Mixed Signal IPs on WLAN products. Responsibilities include:

+ Work closely with different cross functional teams from pre-silicon to post silicon by testingcharacterizing various IP’s of product definition through release to the customers.

+ Design, develop, debug of test interface hardware, test plan developments, test methodology implementation, test equipment automation, and device verification/characterization.

+ Generate data reports which addresses findings of spec violations, design bugs and complaints.

Preferred Requirements

+ MS EE

+ 1+ year of experience in Mixed signal & Analog Measurements.

+ 1+ year of experience with Test equipment (Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer, Time interval analyzer, Signal Source Analyzer, Logic Analyzer, Network Analyzer, etc).

+ In depth understanding of data converters, PLL and Mixed Signal fundamentals

+ Experience working with C#, Python, C/C+

+ + Experience with DUT board design,troubleshooting and debug.

+ Experience in providing failure mode analysis and corrective actions.

+ Familiarity with cellular standards such as CDMA2000, 1X-EVDO, WCDMA, UMTS, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, or wireless peripheral standards such as 802.11x WLAN or other OFDM-based systems, GPS and Bluetooth.

+ Hands on with automation will be a plus

+ Strong troubleshooting skills across domains like analog, digital and RF

+ Hands-on experience with developing test solutions (DUT HW and Test Program) for Mixed-signal devices.

+ C ommunication and organization skills

Physical Requirements

• Frequently transports between offices, buildings, and campuses up to ½ mile.

• Frequently transports and installs equipment up to 5 lbs.

• Performs required tasks at various heights (e.g., standing or sitting).

• Monitors and utilizes computers and test equipment for more than 6 hours a day.

• Continuous communication which includes the comprehension of information with colleagues, customers, and vendors both in person and remotely.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Bachelors – Computer Science, Bachelors – Engineering, Bachelors – Information Systems

Work Experiences:

Certifications:

Skills:

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

Work Experiences:

1+ years experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software. ,1+ years experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, etc. ,1+ years experience with circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF).

Certifications:

Skills:

Computer Science, DSP Architectures, Electrical Engineering, Optical Systems, Packaging Systems

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