Entry Level Product/Test Engineers - December 2024 and May 2025 Grads
Product/Test Engineer
Have you taken apart a smartphone or computer? Have you explored every menu on a new piece of software except the Help menu? Did you ever wonder how to speed up the microprocessor in your laptop? This is the kind of person who becomes a successful Test Engineer at NXP Semiconductors. We want someone who sees a problem and wants to solve it. We want someone who is observant of small details that might explain a problem. We want someone who always looks for alternative ways to do things faster, cheaper, or better.
Product Test Engineers join almost all of NXP’s Business Lines, including: MCU/MPUs, Automotive Processors, Advanced Analog, Connectivity & Security, Edge Processing, and Operations.
Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations
- Responsible for all aspects of characterizing, qualifying and releasing products in high volume manufacturing.
- Participate in new product/technology core team to define: validation and characterization, cost structure and test/manufacturing strategy for the product/technology.
- Work entails coordination and interfacing with diverse areas and functions internal and external to NXP to launch new products into production.
- Ensure products released to manufacturing meet schedule, test time, cost and yield requirements.
- Detailed understanding of production test, reliability and qualification methodologies.
- Own and drive product characterization – create characterization plans, define matrix lots, perform statistical data analysis and deliver reports on performance to specification.
- Drive cost reduction and yield enhancement projects interfacing with internal and external factories.
- Assist with customer issues and quality incidents.
- Help drive product/test standardization, solutions and methodologies to improve product cycle time and cost.
Job Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar
- Up to 2 years experience, including internships
- Self-motivated team player that can work with various cross functional teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge and experience in the following is considered a plus: statistical data analysis, integrated circuits in CMOS technology, automatic test equipment (ATE), design for test (DFT) techniques, programming and application of microcontrollers.
- Ability to organize assignments and schedule time.
- Analytical & diagnostics skills.
- Innovative problem solver and lateral thinker.
Both December 2024 and May 2025 grads should apply here for immediate consideration. If you're graduating later than that, please look at similar Internship postings!