Principal Product Manager (DRAM Probe Cards)

Location: Livermore, California, United States of America; regular day shift.

Salary: $163,400–$214,410 per year, plus benefits and quarterly profit-sharing bonuses.

Company

hirify.global provides test and measurement technologies for the semiconductor product life cycle, including wafer-level test and production test, through facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.

What you will do

• Own the DRAM probe card product strategy, multi-generation roadmap, product requirements, investment priorities, and business cases.
• Translate DRAM technology, wafer-test, manufacturing, customer, and competitive trends into differentiated product specifications and development programs.
• Manage the product lifecycle from concept and development through qualification, production ramp, sustainment, and end-of-life.
• Lead customer roadmap discussions, market and competitive analysis, product positioning, pricing, forecasting, and strategic design wins.
• Coordinate cross-functional commercialization and new product introductions with Engineering, Applications, Operations, Quality, Sales, Finance, and customers.
• Develop sales enablement materials, train Sales and Applications teams, and represent products at customer reviews, conferences, and technical forums.

Requirements

• 12+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 8+ years with a master’s degree, or a PhD with 5+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Semiconductor Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• Semiconductor industry experience, preferably in semiconductor test, memory, probe cards, ATE, wafer probing, or related technologies.
• Strong knowledge of semiconductor wafer-level test, wafer probers, probe cards, ATE, and the interaction between the DUT, probe interface, and tester.
• Working knowledge of DRAM technology and manufacturing/test flows, including DRAM wafer sort, wafer-level test, or probe cards.
• Knowledge of DRAM products such as DDR, LPDDR, GDDR, and/or HBM; memory ATE and wafer probers; and test methodologies including DC/parametric, functional, speed, burn-in, or reliability screening.
• Understanding of high-parallelism memory testing, semiconductor cost-of-test economics, and probe-card parameters including contact resistance, probe force, current carrying capability, thermal behavior, signal integrity, pad damage, and probe lifetime.
• Ability to translate customer technical requirements into product or technology requirements and lead complex cross-functional programs involving Engineering, Operations, Sales, and customers.
• Strong analytical, business, customer-facing communication, presentation, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to travel internationally to support major memory customers and experience working directly with major global memory manufacturers.
• Previous product management, product marketing, applications engineering, test engineering, product engineering, or technical marketing experience within the semiconductor industry.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Engineering or MBA.

Culture & Benefits

• Values include customer focus, ownership and accountability, respectful and effective communication, and motivating and developing people.
• Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, and paid time off.
• Quarterly profit-sharing bonuses and flexible spending or savings accounts.
• Regular working hours are on the day shift.
• Equal employment opportunity is provided in accordance with applicable national, state, and local laws.