Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Job Description
Senior Electrical Design Engineer
Advantest is the world’s largest provider of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) to the semiconductor industry. For seven decades, Advantest has led the way in developing new and innovative test and handling solutions for the global electronics industry. Advantest Test Solutions, Inc (ATS) is a subsidiary of Advantest America located in Lake Forest, CA and is a leading provider of massively parallel electronic test systems that includes System Level Test (SLT), burn-in and semiconductor/module tests. ATS has an exciting line of high-performance test systems that support the semiconductor industry around the world.
ATS is looking for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our team in Lake Forest, CA. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced engineer with a diverse skill set and solid understanding of system design to work within several engineering disciplines. This individual will be responsible for the design and integration of complex electronic test systems that are used for production test and characterization of semiconductor devices and modules. They will participate in a broad range of tasks, including working with cross-functional teams to perform electronic circuit design and integration/ validation, production test verification, troubleshooting, and deployment setup/ support.
Essential Duties Responsibilities:

• Participate in a cross-functional team to develop creative, cost-competitive integration/ validation/ test solutions for new products at a system and sub-system level.
• Interface with system engineering team and manufacturing to ensure that systems meet all requirements and ship on time.
• Electrical design, including high speed digital circuit, analog circuit design, micro-computer, FPGA, power switching circuits.
• Collaborate with the mechanical and firmware design teams, to ensure proper integration and validation of systems.
• Participate in supplier design reviews, selections, etc.
• Drive reliability and quality into the testing processes of all units shipped to customers.
• Ensure that technical reviews occur in accordance with company processes.
• Produce system specification and test acceptance documentation.
• Support factory testing activities as needed.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements
Requirements, Education Skills:

• Education: BS in Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years of experience working as a team member in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of electrical, software, and mechanical engineers.
• 7+ years of experience in electrical circuit design, integration, and test of complex systems.
• Knowledge of instrumentation devices, and expertise in using and integrating them into larger test systems.
• Prior experience in developing semiconductor production testers (ATEs) or characterization testers or system level testers is a huge plus.
• Experience in the manufacturing release process.
• Knowledge of SEMI, UL, and other related regulatory standards is a plus.
• Detailed knowledge of Acceptance Testing and/or System Testing procedures.
• Experience in a programming language such as C, C#, or Visual Basic is a plus.
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel to domestic and overseas customers and production facilities as needed.
• This is an on-site role in our Lake Forest, CA office.