Hardware Engineering Manager

Quick Facts

• Role: Hardware Engineering Manager

• Focus: Hands-on leadership of VI ATE instrumentation architecture and design for semiconductor test

Description

Lead a team of hardware engineers to architect and design next-generation VI instrumentation for semiconductor ATE, from concept through release to manufacturing. Own large, multi-disciplinary projects in collaboration with firmware, software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering. Drive analog design, ASIC-enabled architectures, and advanced packaging solutions while translating customer requirements into system-level decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and mentor a hardware engineering team (hiring, performance management, career growth)
• Lead project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and technical direction
• Define VI instrumentation architecture covering high precision, high voltage, and high current designs
• Decide when to use custom ASIC, advanced packaging (e.g., SiP/MCM/chiplets), or discrete design to meet performance, power, density, and cost goals
• Define ASIC/package requirements at the system level and manage external partners through milestones, deliverable reviews, and verification
• Lead analog design from simulation and prototyping through layout, bring-up, and characterization (including partner-built silicon)
• Define theory of operation and test strategy; guide firmware and software development
• Drive complex customer/design issues to root cause and corrective action; shape future instrument roadmaps with marketing and applications

Requirements

• BSEE required; MSEE preferred
• 10+ years designing analog hardware with proven concept-to-production delivery
• Expert knowledge of VI instrumentation (device power supplies/source-measure units; force/sense; accuracy/stability across wide voltage/current ranges)
• Strong feedback control knowledge for digitally controlled analog loops (compensation, stability, transient response)
• Expert precision analog design at IC and discrete level (data/power converters, high voltage/high current, thermal/safety/reliability considerations)
• Experience defining requirements for custom ASICs or advanced packages and managing external design partners to production
• Proficiency with SPICE and schematic capture/PCB tools such as Cadence Allegro; strong signal integrity/power integrity/low-noise practices
• Extensive hands-on lab test, debug, and characterization experience
• Proven ability to lead large projects on schedule and communicate complex concepts clearly

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision insurance
• 401(k) with company matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition assistance
• Disability & life insurance
• Profit sharing