Electrical Engineer

About the position

As an Electrical Engineer at FormFactor, Inc., you will work on probe card production design and translate customer design requirements to generate probe layout and net lists in a production probe card design environment. You will convert customer requirements through logical electrical design rules, and collaborate with multiple teams including Sales, Marketing, PCB design, Substrate, and Mechanical to design and prepare customer evaluations. Your role will involve interfacing with customers and vendors, providing quick turn analysis and feedback results to sales and design teams. Additionally, you will design and automate groups to define, develop, and improve design tools and design processes, applying a deep understanding of product specifications, electrical circuit knowledge, and internal design processes. You will manage multiple concurrent design projects from start to finish and train new employees on the design process, including documentation and inspection.

Responsibilities

• Work on probe card production design and translate customer design requirements to generate probe layout and net lists.
• Convert customer requirements through logical electrical design rules.
• Collaborate with multiple teams including Sales, Marketing, PCB design, Substrate, and Mechanical.
• Interface with customers and vendors and provide quick turn analysis and feedback results.
• Design and automate groups to define, develop, and improve design tools and design processes.
• Apply a deep understanding of product specifications, electrical circuit knowledge, and internal design processes.
• Utilize custom design tools to process requirements for the design team.
• Work with electrical design concepts, including impedance, PDN, signal integrity, and digital analog circuit design.
• Manage multiple concurrent design projects from start to finish.
• Train new employees on the design process, including documentation and inspection.

Requirements

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Advanced-level coursework or project background in physical routing including signal routing, power distribution network (PDN), differential pairs, and loopbacks.
• Experience in design and fabrication of PCB and Multi-Layer board.
• Proficiency in layout software (Pads, Allegro, and AutoCAD).
• Knowledge in designing optimized power delivery systems with power integrity concepts including IR-drop, impedance, and DC resistance.
• Understanding of signal integrity including timing, crosstalk, EMI, and antenna effects.
• Experience with timing analysis (STA) and analyzing time-domain measurements (TDR) for optimized signal routing.
• Experience with simulations for both power integrity and signal integrity software.