Principal Engineer, Product Development Engineering

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Define and execute the long-term vision for front-end (wafer) test coverage, focusing on high I/O parallelism and low-latency solutions. • Proactively develop long-range initiatives aligned with company goals to achieve best-in-class yield, quality, reliability, and cost efficiency. • Champion disruptive design-for-test and design-for-debug methodologies to enhance coverage and optimize test cost; collaborate closely with memory technology experts. • Oversee wafer test development from NPI through mass production across multiple geographies within Product and Test Engineering. • Align hardware solutions with organizational requirements and maintain strong vendor relationships. • Design for Manufacturability (DFM) mindset, creating flexible/reliable hardware and software test infrastructure to reduce CapEx for new designs. • Investigate qualification and yield issues during NPI, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to improve coverage and process robustness. • Transform test data into actionable insights for design and manufacturing teams to enhance product quality and yield. • Guide peers, lead technical reviews, and serve as a recognized subject-matter expert. Required: • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field (Master’s degree preferred). • 8+ years of experience in memory, storage, or system-level product, test, or validation engineering. Preferred: • Deep understanding of design principles, including simulation, emulation, and manufacturing processes. • Hands-on experience in functional and stress testing, with proficiency in failure analysis using oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and signal injection tools. • Proficient in C, C++, and Python for test automation and data analysis. • Strong knowledge of NAND (Toggle/ONFI), DDR3–DDR5, LPDDR3–LPDDR5, GDDR3–GDDR6, HBM2/3/3E/4, and PCIe Gen5/Gen6. • Experienced with Automated Test Equipment platforms such as Advantest and Teradyne. • Background in firmware development, test software architecture, and data analytics for yield and quality improvement. • Specialized in DRAM/NAND memory and SSD storage technologies for data center and AI platforms. Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape. Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality. Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.