Staff/Senior Staff NPI Debug Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional "tiger teams" to resolve critical NPI blockers, specifically involving analog, power, or signal integrity issues
• Develop comprehensive debug strategies, including fault trees, design of experiments (DOEs), and parallel investigation paths
• Synthesize complex data from simulation, ATE test data, failure analysis (FA), and yield signatures to identify root causes
• Present high-level readouts, recovery schedules, and risk assessments to executive leadership
• Drive complex yield analysis activities, including yield pareto, parametric shift analysis, and tester correlation
• Identify systemic yield detractors and lead corrective actions across foundry, assembly, test, and design teams
• Utilize advanced lab equipment and failure analysis tools to guide experimental builds and validate engineering fixes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field
• 6+ years of experience in hardware debug, NPI engineering, product/yield engineering, or system validation
• 6+ years of experience leading technical taskforces to resolve critical silicon, hardware, or yield issues
• 6+ years of experience driving yield analysis and improvement for semiconductor, FPGA, SoC, or complex hardware products
• 6+ years of data analysis experience using Python, JMP, or equivalent tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Physics, or a related field
• Strong background in analog and mixed-signal debug
• Familiarity with fault isolation (FI) and failure analysis (FA) techniques
• Exceptional technical communication skills with the ability to translate multi-disciplinary data into clear action plans for leadership

About the Company

Altera is the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, delivering programmable technologies that help customers innovate across AI, cloud, networking, and edge markets. With over four decades of industry expertise, Altera provides an end-to-end portfolio including FPGAs, CPLDs, and System on Modules to accelerate innovation globally.