2027 Masters Product Development Engineering Intern/Co-op - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Originally posted 20 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves supporting Product Development Engineers in characterization and building production test programs.
What you'll do
- Support Product Development Engineers in characterization.
- Build production test programs through parametric, data, and statistical analysis.
- Perform engineering and correlation studies to ensure yield, coverage, and meet target goals for production ramp.
- Resolve production-related issues and improve efficiency by working with multi-functional teams.
- Participate in product debug and characterization to identify product performance, process, and test sensitivities.
What you'll need
- Currently enrolled in a US-based university in a Master's degree program majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Knowledge/experience with C++, Linux, Perl, Ruby, Shell script, or Java.
- Knowledge/experience with GIT, SVN, CVS, or RCS.
- Knowledge/experience with XP, AGILE, Scrum, or Kanban programming paradigms.
- Knowledge/experience with logic analyzers, voltmeters, oscilloscopes, and debug.
- Solid understanding of transistors and computer basics.
- Coursework in computer science, software engineering, digital logic, circuit theory, or computer architecture.
Skills: characterization, production test, yield, debug, statistical analysis
This role has been open 55 days — below the 56-day median for Product Engineering roles.
Product Engineering · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
38
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (38 roles · 17 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 38 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 151 | 2216 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 55 d | 56 d (−1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: characterization, production test, yield, debug, statistical analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 56 d
- NVIDIA · 5 open roles · median 28 d
- Qualcomm · 4 open roles · median 52 d
- onsemi · 3 open roles · median 127 d
- Arm Holdings · 2 open roles · median 85 d
- Microchip Technology · 2 open roles · median 159 d
How we counted: 38 open Product Engineering (Silicon Validation) roles from 17 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.