Senior Staff Product Development Engineer

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As a member of the S3 Sustaining Product Development team, you will own product yield, quality, and manufacturing performance for key products in high-volume production while supporting new product introductions and future production ramps. You will work closely with Design, Test, Quality, Reliability, Manufacturing, and Operations teams to drive yield improvement, resolve technical issues, and ensure successful product execution throughout the product lifecycle.   This role offers a unique opportunity to influence both sustaining and emerging product portfolios through yield analysis, silicon characterization, manufacturing readiness assessments, and cross-functional technical leadership. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in supporting future product ramps while helping drive engineering excellence through automation, data analytics, and AI-assisted solutions that improve productivity and decision making.   THE PERSON: You are a highly motivated and technically strong engineer who enjoys solving challenging problems and delivering measurable results. You are comfortable taking ownership of product performance, making data-driven decisions, and operating in a fast-paced manufacturing environment to improve yield, quality, and operational efficiency.   You combine strong technical depth with effective communication and stakeholder management skills, enabling you to drive alignment and solutions across multiple functional teams. You are passionate about continuous improvement, eager to leverage automation and AI technologies, and motivated by the opportunity to make a broad impact on product success, customer satisfaction, and business results.

Own yield, quality, and manufacturing performance for sustaining products in high-volume production, driving continuous improvements in yield, DPPM, and operational efficiency. Drive yield improvement initiatives through data analysis, statistical methods, and systematic debug of SORT, Final Test (FT), and System-Level Test (SLT) yield limiters. Lead manufacturing and quality excursion investigations, including production disposition, containment actions, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and customer risk assessments. Communicate yield performance, quality trends, recovery plans, and risk assessments to management and key stakeholders. Lead or support silicon characterization activities to establish product operating limits, production guardbands, and manufacturing readiness for new product introductions. Define product boundaries and specifications using characterization, reliability, manufacturing, and customer requirements. Provide technical assessments and disposition recommendations for production, quality, and customer-impact issues. Collaborate with Design, Test, Quality, Reliability, Manufacturing, and Operations teams to resolve product and production challenges. Support new product introduction and production ramp activities through characterization review, yield analysis, process qualification, and manufacturing readiness assessments. Develop and leverage automation, scripting, and AI-assisted solutions to improve engineering productivity, yield monitoring, reporting, issue