Staff / Sr. Staff Semiconductor Technologist

MaxLinear is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Semiconductor Technologist to join our global team. This role requires a strong foundation in semiconductor process technologies, excellent analytical capabilities, and the ability to collaborate effectively across regions and functions. In this role, you will be responsible for the following:

• Interface to semiconductor foundries (not limited to fabs in Taiwan) and other technology partners (e.g. design tool vendors & IP vendors)
• Work with the technology team in US to review and analyze process technology, PDK and related for new product development
• Work with the technology team & the operations teams (product engineering, test development, and quality & reliability assurance) in US, EU, & Asia to complete product transfer to production
• Work with the operations teams to sustain volume production including, but limited to:
  • Process WAT/PCM data analysis
  • Process yield analysis and improvement – continuous improvement
  • Product yield analysis and improvement – specific to each low yield issue
  • Logistics management for both engineering & production lots.
  • Address any production issues – for example, wafer RMA, and foundry excursion
  • Review monthly Cpk, yield and CIP activities with foundry partners
• Excellent communicator with internal and external partners to acquire necessary information for technical and business decisions
  • Process WAT/PCM data analysis
  • Process yield analysis and improvement – continuous improvement
  • Product yield analysis and improvement – specific to each low yield issue
  • Logistics management for both engineering & production lots
  • Address any production issues – for example, wafer RMA, and foundry excursion
  • Review monthly Cpk, yield and CIP activities with foundry partners
• Excellent communicator with internal and external partners to acquire necessary information for technical and business decisions

• D, MS, or BS degree in EE, materials science, physics or related
• Industrial experience in a semiconductor company such as integrated device manufacturer, fabless IC company, and foundry
• Experience in foundry management in the major fabless company
• Fluent in verbal and written communicating with English
• Good understanding & knowledge on fundamentals on process technology, semiconductor device physics, and circuit design
• Experience in yield management and failure analysis or customer engineering at IDM or foundry is plus
• Experience and knowledge on advanced process technology is strong plus
• Experience in process integration (CMOS, BiCMOS or III-V), semiconductor device design, and/or semiconductor device characterization is strong plus
• Experience in PDK development and/or IC design is plus

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.