Staff Test Technician

Overview

Company:Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.

Job Area:Operations Group, Operations Group > Test Technician

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.

The Staff Test Technician will work closely with the Product and Test Engineering (PTE) team to support product characterization, validation, and equipment maintenance. The successful candidate will support equipment and setup troubleshooting, execute complex detailed test procedures with input from engineers. This is a hands-on position involving operating automated and semi-automated equipment, components testing, parts handling, and equipment calibration. This role will cover different shifts and weekend work on occasion.

Roles and Responsibilities:

+ Setup and test devices according to Engineer’s instructions through TIS (Test Instruction Sheet).

+ Support remote access request (test setup, changing of device, testing and collecting results) through phone, emails, and online system.

+ Compile engineering and operational reports.

+ Install of instruments (modules) and fixtures on benches to perform testing.

+ Coordinate a small technician team to perform duties and proper shift change pass down.

+ Perform/coordinate PM (preventive maintenance), calibration and repair of Test Floor equipment ATE (automatic test equipment) and peripherals.

+ Benches instruments setup as needed (ordering or setup).

+ Support initial equipment setup, recipe creation and kit qualification.

+ Track and control Engineering parts used in testing and do regular inventory to ensure parts are not missing in database

+ Upkeep all labs for ATE (automatic test equipment) and Benches.

+ Work within a group and with cross functional groups with good operational flexibility.

+ Various logistic tasks

Preferred Qualifications:

+ 5+ year experience in semiconductor test or assembling and handling is required.

+ Demonstrated ability to drive new initiatives and track and manages issues to closure

+ Experience in effective communication, teamwork, collaboration, and relationship management

+ Able to work with common test equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, power meters etc)

+ Experience on Teradyne tester platform preferred.

+ Experience with Handler, TCU and prober is preferred.

+ Soldering skills is preferred.

+ Programming experience

Education Requirements:

+ A.S. or higher degree in electronics or related field, certificate or equivalent experience

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We are engineers, scientists and business strategists. We are from many different countries and speak many different languages. We come from diverse cultures and have unique perspectives. Together, we focus on a single goal—we invent breakthrough technologies that transform how the world connects, computes, and communicates.

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