Principal System Level Test Engineer
Description
Invent the future with us.
Recognized by Fast Company’s 2023 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators List, Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient, sustainable cloud computing.
By providing a new level of predictable performance, efficiency, and sustainability Ampere is working with leading cloud suppliers and a growing partner ecosystem to deliver cloud instances, servers and embedded/edge products that can handle the compute demands of today and tomorrow.
Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team — we’d love to have you apply!
About the role:
Our Principal System Level Test Engineer requires a background in server class systems with focus on the processor SoC. Goal is to deliver high quality devices to customers and react instantly to any issues. A sense of urgency to drive and deliver critical business milestones. You will have a strong interest in testing, enjoy working in a production environment with your team, and establishing necessary schedules and plans.
What you’ll achieve:
- Join SLT platform team for SLT board development and qualification
- Support SLT boards test in lab and CMs to deliver quality SLT boards
- Qualify HW equipment to meet both NPI and production needs
- Leverage automation tools to conduct stress test, Burn-In test for reliability
- Ensure high quality test board released to production OSAT in Asia
- Work with SLT team to ensure and maintain test sites stability
- Qualify/track socket/elastomer for production failure analysis and improvement
- Support Ops team on NPI startup and HVM deployment activities
- Monitor and work with OSAT team to resolve daily production issues
- Debug system level failures to root cause
- Drive and work with OSAT team to follow manufacturing test requirements
- Support SLT HW and test equipment purchase, installation, configuration and maintenance
- Work with PCBA CM from BOM review till product deliveries
- Provide PCBA CM with test requirements, process and automation
- Manage PCBA CM with build schedule, test equipment and gold parts
- Work with CM and test equipment vendors for DFT, DFM improvement
- Drive continuous improvement by leverage learning from the current product to the next
About you:
- Bachelor's degree with minimum 8 years of experience or Master's degree with minimum 6 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field
- Experience in system validation – BMC, CPU, DDR, PCIe, I2C, UART, etc.
- Experience with software programming in Python or C/C++
- Experience of PCBA and board level functional test and debug
- Experience of Linux and knowledge of CPU boot process with UEFI
- Experience with test equipment such as ATE/SLT Handlers
- Solid background in HVM production testing, test methodology and debug
- Experience with OCPLM (or equivalent), Jira tools is a plus
- Familiar with board level debug and test tools
- Familiar with Arm based server chip architecture and system level test is a plus
- Good understanding of JTAG with OpenOCD experience is a plus
What we’ll offer:
At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. We offer an annual bonus program tied to internal company goals and annual meritocratic equity awards that enable our employees to participate in the success of the company.
Benefits highlights include:
- Premium medical and annual health checkup, in addition to national social insurance, so that you can feel secure in your health and financial future
- Generous paid time off policy so that you can embrace a healthy work-life balance
- A monthly food stipend, variety of healthy snacks, energizing coffee or tea, and refreshing drinks to keep you fueled and focused throughout the day.
- Seasonal team building events
And there is much more than compensation and benefits. At Ampere, we foster an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more. We are passionate about inventing industry leading cloud-native designs that contribute to a more sustainable future. We are excited to share more about our career opportunities with you through the interview process.