Maxim Integrated

Senior Product Development Engineer

Posted on: 9 Nov 2021

Wilmington, MA

Job Description

The Product Development Engineer will be responsible for a specific healthcare product or group of products from concept and definition through production and release. The Product Development Engineer will be responsible for releasing a validated design to mass production, and will serve as the main interface to design, applications, wafer foundry, assembly, test, evaluation, quality, and marketing groups.  The Product Development Engineer role is engaged in all aspects of new product development such as –

Planning, designing and developing electronic parts, components, integrated circuitry, mechanical systems, equipment and packaging, optical systems and/or DSP systems.
Evaluating reliability of materials, properties and techniques used in production.
Designing, developing, and implementing cost-effective methods of testing, evaluating and troubleshooting systems and equipment for all phases of product development and manufacturing.
Designing and executing evaluation test methods to characterize and measure new silicon performance over customer use case and environmental conditions, interpreting the measurement data, identifying silicon issues and debugging to root cause. 
Participating in the design simulation and verification of the product prior to tape-out.
Preparing test, evaluation and diagnostic programs, designing test fixtures and equipment, and completing specifications and procedures for new products.
Planning the labor, schedules, and equipment required for testing and evaluating standard and special devices.
Completing and documenting all testing required to meet product release requirements.

The ideal candidate would have experience in analog to digital converters, analog circuits, semiconductor IC processes. Experience in photonics, biomedical engineering, medical imaging, and system engineering is also beneficial.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Development of test capability including both hardware and software designs.
Define production test limits and datasheet specifications based on characterization data and production test gauge R&R studies.
Support design validation of early silicon.
Debug of product related issues.
Product characterization
Work closely with reliability team to define and execute on qualification plan and validation of the necessary qualification hardware.
Analysis of characterization,  production, and reliability test data.
Post release sustaining activities (Set up automated yield monitors, disposition of early production hold lots, drive the resolution of customer and production yield issues).
Direct interaction with field sales/applications as well as customers to resolve product issues.
May participate in customer visits

Qualifications:

BS or MS degree in EE or ECE or equivalent relevant experience. Typically requires  5+ years related and progressive experience.

Key Attributes:

Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to work to aggressive schedules.
Strong analytical skills.  Ability to draw conclusions from complex data sets and summarize and present at a high level.
Strong understanding of statistical analysis.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to work on large multi-discipline development teams.
Experience with high level software languages. Useful examples include C, Microsoft VBA, National Instruments LabVIEW, and Matlab.
Experience with medical products, biomedical engineering and system design practices is beneficial.

Maxim Integrated

San Jose, CA

Maxim Integrated is an American, publicly traded company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. Maxim Integrated develops integrated circuits (ICs) for the automotive, industrial, communications, consumer, and computing markets. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, and has design centers, manufacturing facilities, and sales offices throughout the world. In the fiscal year 2018, it had US$2.48 billion in sales, 7150 employees, and 35,000 customers worldwide. Maxim is a Fortune 1000 company and its stock is a component of the NASDAQ-100 stock market index. In December 2018, Maxim was re-added to the S&P 500.

Every day, electronic devices are becoming smarter with greater integration. Body sensors can monitor our health. Cars can drive themselves. Networked homes can power up when needed.

At Maxim Integrated, we’re solving engineering problems and empowering design innovation, enabling our customers to create products that shape our world. Our innovative and high-performance analog and mixed-signal products and technologies make systems smaller and smarter, with enhanced security and increased energy efficiency.

Building a Smarter Future

From our sensor platforms to our IC solutions for embedded security, power management, interface, communications, and much more, our technologies empower design innovation.

We help our customers:

Make cars safer and smarter
Build efficient datacenters for a multi-cloud world
Automate factories that maximize productivity
Deliver wearable solutions for a healthier world
Enhance mobile devices with high-quality audio, efficient power and battery management, and sophisticated sensors
Secure challenging embedded applications, while lowering power and enabling greater integration
Deliver the analog backbone for a wide variety of applications

Our Values

Since our founding in 1983, we’ve built a rich history and culture of innovation that rewards bold thinking, teamwork, personal growth, and community involvement.

Be Bold

We know that the biggest risk is not taking one. Never satisfied with the status quo, we seek challenges and find a better way.

One Maxim

United, we're a stronger company. We know that so much more is possible when we work together.

Reach Higher

We invest in our personal growth because we know that great achievements lie within our grasp. We just need to be willing to challenge ourselves and each other.

Be the Difference

We take ownership. We believe that one person, each of us, can make a positive impact on our colleagues, our customers, and our communities.