ATE Wafer Test Engineer
Posted 15 Apr 2026
Advertised as “Senior ATE Wafer Test Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
No salary listed for this role.
Description:
- Sr Analog Wafer Level ATE Test Engineer to support existing IC ATE development and production
- Experience with Analog ATE wafer sort testing and STDF data handling is required.
- Knowledge of automated test equipment (ATE) platforms, probe card development, software and hardware for wafer level testing.
- The candidate is expected to have hands on experience with NPI test development, WS production yield analysis and yield drop out debug and disposition.
- Familiar & comfortable with high-performance medium volume ASICs, production environment
- Ability to write status reports, schedules and project plans and present results in general meeting formats.
- Capable to contact vendors for project schedule, testing status, booking equipment, and test debugging
- Collection, analysis, correlation and interpretation of data using statistical techniques and industry standard tools is required
- Some experience with scripting and simple programming skills.
- Critical thinking skills to debug and solve problems required
- Experienced with scheduling and planning projects with external vendors and customers
- RF ATE testing experience is a plus
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Interface with external vendors for R&D and production testing
- Ensure and correlate test SW and HW to written Test Plan
- Production yield tracking, milestone tracking, problem assessment/disposition and invoice tracking
- Wafer level ATE platform support of production, yield analysis, failure Paretos and yield improvement
- Production logistics including ASIC wafer tracking and travelers
- Supporting engineering releases through pilot runs and production
- Develop, debug and release production methods and procedures to improve efficiency and yield compliant to TL/ISO manufacturing standards
Qualifications
Experience Required:
- BS EE/physics with 5+ years industrial experience
- Analog wafer level IC testing
- Must have experience with probe card cleaning, maintenance and debug
- Must have experience with ATE platform and wafer prober setup and operation
- Must be able to assemble coherent and concise reports summarizing status and next steps
- Must be able to effectively present findings to a cross-functional, collaborative team environment