IC Test Engineering Manager - US-CA-Santa Rosa-Bldg 2, United States
$163,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 26 August 2026 by the employer.
Lead the team screening and troubleshooting Keysight's MMIC & sub-system technology.
About the role
This role involves leading a dedicated engineering team focused on developing on-wafer and packaged-device test methods for Keysight's internally designed MMICs and sub-systems, and driving root-cause analysis for complex RF module, interposer, and component-level failures. You will guide test strategy for automated small- & medium-volume test of integrated circuits and subsystems.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, and grow a combined engineering team performing on-wafer, packaged-part, module-level MMIC and subsystem test development, and supporting failure-analysis investigations.
- Partner with operations management on scheduling, capacity planning, work prioritization, and on-time delivery of test data, while retaining engineering ownership of test strategy, technical priorities, and data interpretation.
- Drive development and continuous improvement of test plans, test fixtures/probe cards, and automated test programs.
- Ensure data integrity and traceability across test operations; establish and enforce SOPs, calibration schedules, and quality/safety procedures.
- Partner with MMIC & subsystem design, manufacturing, and operations to translate IC and subsystem requirements into automated production screening, support yield learning, and drive conclusive failure-analysis outcomes.
- Define engineering staffing and capability needs, as well as equipment capability and capacity gaps; partner with operations management on test area resource planning and capital equipment execution.
What you'll need
- B.S., M.S. or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field, with relevant engineering experience in RF/mm-wave IC characterization, test strategy, supporting reliability engineering, and root-cause analysis.
- 3+ years of experience in RF/microwave test engineering or semiconductor test operations, including on-wafer or MMIC/RFIC characterization (e.g., reflection coefficient, matching, TOI, P1dB, noise figure).
- Hands-on use of test and measurement equipment (network analyzer, signal source, spectrum analyzer, on-wafer probe systems).
- Expertise in automating electrical test, including test program development in C#, .NET, Python, or Visual Studio.
- 3+ years directly managing or leading an engineering team in RF/microwave/ millimeter-wave test, semiconductor characterization, failure analysis, or a related hardware development environment.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with industry standards and best practices in IC and sub-system testing.
- Knowledge of semiconductor device physics/manufacturing processes for compound semiconductors (GaAs, InP, etc.).
- Experience with statistical process control, yield analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), or failure-mechanism validation applied to test operations and RCA.
- Familiarity with Keysight test platforms (e.g., PNA/PNA-X) or equivalent industry tools.
- Experience building structured dashboards or leadership reports using tools such as Excel, Power BI, JMP, or similar platforms.
This role has been open 50 days — well above the 28-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · DFT Test
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Open roles in category
542
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Median days open
28 d
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Median salary
$172k
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| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (542 roles · 76 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 11 | 542 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 34 | 2216 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 29 d | 28 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $172k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 72 open roles · median 27 d
- Renesas Electronics · 45 open roles · median 22 d
- Infineon Technologies · 41 open roles · median 37 d
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- Qualcomm · 27 open roles · median 27 d
- AMD · 25 open roles · median 42 d
How we counted: 542 open Silicon Test Engineering (DFT Test) roles from 76 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.