Product Engineer at OMNIVISION in Santa Clara, CA

DESCRIPTION •    Work on new product introduction and ramp-up of CMOS Image Sensors (CIS) and ASIC products from initial tape-out to mass production. •    Collaborate with design, test, reliability, and packaging teams to troubleshoot issues and support product development. •    Perform design rule checks and product validation to ensure robust product design; defining new product process criteria and GDS checks for tape-out. •    Develop comprehensive product characterization and testing plans with R&D and foundry teams to ensure products performance meets requirements. •    Ensure product roadmap success by identifying improvement opportunities through physical/electrical failure analysis, process optimization and defect reduction. •    Access pixel performance through statistical analysis of electrical and functional metrics at both wafer- and chip-level testing. •    Work with quality engineers to address customer complaints, implement corrective actions, and track improvements after solution implemented to minimize field returns. •    Collaborate with different foundries to optimize processes, including silicon, color and packaging processes, enhancing overall product performance. •    Work with testing engineers to develop, verify, and release CP and FT testing programs; perform sensors validation on manual testing board. •    Improve product yield by process and layout optimization; analyze yield data and drive improvement actions. •    Define production testing specifications, ensure product yield on target, and reduce process and test fluctuating issue for timely ramp-up. •    Ensure products meet AEC Q-100 standards and other relevant automotive specifications. •    Work with foundries to drive continuous yield enhancements, continuous improvement plans (CIP), and best-known-methods (BKM) updates throughout the product lifecycle. •    Deliver cutting-edge CIS solutions for the automotive industry.   Requirements: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Material Science or a related field. One year’s experience in product engineering. Experience shall include: •    Support IC-design clients in ramping up the new tape out (NTO) products, sustaining yields for high‐volume production products and improving product quality and functionality. •    Design rules checks and layout review to ensure robust product design. •    Experience in raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture of products.  •    Experience in cross-team work for joint project development; coordination with client, Fab and support teams to identify improvement opportunities and implement solutions.  •    Monitor the CP and FT testing result to gate and resolve issues in mass production. •    Experience in physical failure analysis techniques, such as TEM, EDX, and OBIRCH. Annual base salary for this role in California, US is expected to be between $156,853 - $160,000. Actual pay will be determined on a number of factors such as relevant skills and experience, and the pay of employees in the similar role.