Sr. Manager, Product Engineering

Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

Sr. Manager, Product Engineering

• The position is on-site in Newport Beach, CA
• Compensation and position dependent on candidate experience and track record
• Individual contributors will be considered depending on experience and track record

Key responsibilities:

• Hands-on leader responsible for product characterization, qualification, initial product sampling, production release, yield optimization, and customer engagement on quality initiatives for Optical, Networking and Automotive products
• Lead the Product and Test Engineering (7 Engineers, 3 Technicians)
• Set timelines, budgets, and resources allocation to ensure timely execution of milestones
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to team members and peers
• Define test strategy for different product lines
• Drive continuous process improvements and engineering excellence
• Interface and collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g. Design, Foundry, Program Management, Reliability, Hardware, Marketing, Sales and Operations) to ensure yield, test coverage and timeline goals are met for each product
• Support Operation Engineering team test program improvement and test cost reduction initiatives
• Manage on site test development floor including vendors and suppliers

Key qualifications:

• MSEE with 10+ years experience in product and test engineering of analog and RF products
• Track record of releasing to production several high volume IC products preferably for the high speed communication/optical market
• Good understanding of analog, RF and data communication blocks including TIA, laser drivers, CDRs, PLL, ADC, DACs
• Understanding and knowledge of optical communications a highly desirable
• Experience with:
• Statistical analysis, problem solving methodologies, and making data-driven decisions
• Design for test (DFT) implementation and Test Plan Development
• ATE HW design and SW development
• Delivering robust & cost-effective test solutions
• In depth knowledge of:
• Software tools: (AGILE, Basic C# (C-Sharp) and C++)
• Statistical tools: (Excel, Galaxy, JMP, MATLAB, etc.)
• ATE testes: Teradyne CAT, Chroma 3650 & Advantest 93K
• Test Floor Equipments: 8 & 12 Prober (TSK and EG6000) & Epson 6040 Handler
• Lab Equipments: Function Generator, VNA/PNA, Real-time Scope, High Speed Sampling Scope, Spectrum Analyzer, BERTs (NRZ/PAM4) and Optical system
• Attention to details
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills