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Broadcom

Designs chips and software for data centers

Test Engineer - Ate

Hardware Validation & TestingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSan Jose, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and related experience, or a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
  • Eight or more years of experience.
  • Strong knowledge of digital and high-speed test methodologies, scan and design-for-test concepts, and pattern processing.
  • Hands-on experience with automated test equipment platforms, such as Advantest or equivalent.
  • Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python or C/C++.
  • Solid understanding of semiconductor device physics and characterization methods.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, debug, and maintain automated test equipment test programs for production, characterization, and qualification on the Advantest 93K test platform.
  • Perform pattern processing and conversion from design environments into tester-compatible formats.
  • Execute silicon characterization and validation across process, voltage, and temperature corners, and analyze results to drive yield and performance improvements.
  • Work with design-for-test, design, and product engineering teams to define test requirements, improve test coverage, and close gaps.
  • Optimize test flows and methodologies to reduce overall test time and cost while ensuring high quality.
  • Drive correlation between simulation, bench, and tester environments.
  • Support high-volume manufacturing ramps by addressing test escapes, yield excursions, and test program robustness.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with system-on-chip, artificial intelligence accelerators, networking, or high-speed SerDes devices.
  • Familiarity with tester load board or probe card design, bring-up, and debug.
  • Experience supporting high-volume production test and manufacturing transfer.

About the Company

Broadcom

Designs chips and software for data centers

Broadcom designs chips and sells infrastructure software for the companies that run large data centers, telecom networks and corporate IT. Its custom AI processors, built with cloud companies, and its Ethernet switch chips move and process data inside the computer clusters that train AI models. The chip business also makes parts for broadband, wireless, storage and industrial equipment, sold to device makers and cloud operators, while VMware software lets businesses run private clouds and is sold by subscription. Broadcom took its current form in 2016, when Avago Technologies, formed in 2005 from Agilent's chip unit, bought Broadcom Corporation, and it is based in Palo Alto, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Founded
2005

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