Principal/Senior Engineer – Product Engineering & Technical Operations

About the role

AUMOVIO is building the next generation of automotive semiconductor solutions. The Principal/Senior Engineer will lead industrialization, qualification, manufacturing readiness, and lifecycle management of automotive IC products within the Technical Operations Management organization.

Key responsibilities

• Lead automotive semiconductor products from tape‑out through qualification, release, production ramp and mass production.
• Drive engineering builds, characterization, pilot production and manufacturing readiness activities.
• Collaborate with Design, Test, Reliability, Quality, Foundry and OSAT teams to ensure successful product industrialisation.
• Own product lifecycle activities, drive yield improvement, quality enhancement and cost optimisation programmes.
• Optimise production ATE test programs for quality, coverage, throughput and cost.
• Provide technical manufacturing support during new business acquisition, RFQ and customer engagements.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, IC Design, Device Physics or related fields.
• 5+ years (Senior) or 8+ years (Principal) experience in semiconductor product, test, yield or reliability engineering.
• Proven experience in fabless semiconductor product development and working with Foundry/OSAT partners.
• Strong collaboration, communication and analytical problem‑solving skills.

Required skills

• Product engineering, NPI execution and product lifecycle management.
• ATE test program development, release and optimisation (preferably Advantest platforms).
• Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes (Wafer Sort, Assembly, Final Test, Reliability, Quality).
• Statistical techniques for yield and test data analysis.
• Familiarity with AEC‑Q100, automotive reliability requirements, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, 8D, IATF 16949 and ISO 26262.
• Failure analysis, PAT, SBL, clustering analysis and statistical screening methodologies.