Senior Product Engineer - Yield Management & Lot Disposition

As our Senior Product Engineer, you will serve as the primary product owner responsible for manufacturing yield, product quality, lot disposition, and operational excellence across high-volume production.

You will act as the critical engineering bridge between manufacturing, subcontractors, quality, and business teams to ensure timely product releases while upholding strict customer, quality, and reliability standards. Your core focus will center on yield improvement, excursion management, lot disposition, and product qualification.

What You Will Do

• Yield Management & Continuous Improvement: Monitor yield performance across assembly and test operations, using statistical methods to spot trends, outliers, and process deviations. You will drive defect reduction and partner with manufacturing teams to execute corrective and preventive actions.
• Lot Disposition & Product Release: Own the daily disposition of production lots and material holds. You will evaluate low-yield lots and out-of-control conditions, making fast, data-backed decisions to balance uninterrupted customer supply with strict quality protection.
• Failure Analysis & Problem Resolution: Lead investigations into yield excursions, reliability failures, and customer quality issues using 8D problem-solving methodologies. You will coordinate Failure Analysis (FA), review findings to assess product impact, and prevent issue recurrence.
• Qualification & Change Management: Own product validation, characterization, and qualification for New Product Introductions (NPI) and site transfers. You will review engineering changes, material deviations, and Process Change Notifications (PCNs) to ensure product reliability.
• Manufacturing & Subcontractor Management: Act as the primary technical interface for subcontractor engineering teams. You will conduct operational reviews and audits to ensure compliance with quality standards, escalating production constraints or risks to management when needed.
• Data Analytics & Reporting: Analyze complex manufacturing data using JMP, SPC, and advanced statistical tools. You will build yield performance dashboards and provide regular leadership updates on quality, reliability, and production risks.

What You Will Need

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Semiconductor, or a related Engineering discipline.
• Experience: Proven background in semiconductor Product Engineering, Yield Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Process Knowledge: Strong grasp of semiconductor assembly and test manufacturing processes, lot disposition, and manufacturing risk assessment.
• Analytical Skills: Proficiency in statistical data analysis and data-driven decision-making.

• Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of semiconductor yield management, reliability qualification, Failure Analysis, and reliability testing (HTOL, ESD, Latch-up).
• Tools & Methodologies: Hands-on experience with JMP, Galaxy, SPC, FMEA, and PAT, along with an understanding of logic, analog, or mixed-signal products.
• Language & Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Fluency in both English and Mandarin (spoken and written) to effectively partner with China-based manufacturing and subcontractor teams.
• Core Attributes: Strong sense of ownership, clear stakeholder communication, and the ability to make sound engineering decisions under high-volume production pressure.

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D&I Statement

As an equal-opportunity employer, Nexperia values diversity not just because it is the right thing to do but because diverse teams perform better. We are dedicated to being inclusive, and a proof point of this dedication is that we were the main partner of the very first Dutch Paralympic Team NL House during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all, and we consider all applicants fairly, as well as providing a safe work environment and reasonable adjustments where requested.

In addition, we offer our colleagues the possibility to join employee resource groups such as the Pride Network Group or global and local Women's groups. Nexperia is committed to increasing women in management positions to 30% by 2030.