Principal Engineer, Product Development Engineering
$142,000 - $241,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role leads product development engineering initiatives from pre-silicon design through first silicon and full qualification in Milpitas, United States.
What you'll do
- Lead product development initiatives from pre-silicon design through first silicon and full qualification, aligning with technology and product roadmaps.
- Develop and implement test strategies, test flows, and screening methodologies to optimize product quality and reliability metrics.
- Conduct electrical and functional failure analysis during new product development and qualification phases, identifying root causes and establishing corrective actions.
- Define and refine product specifications, test algorithms, and stress screening methods using rigorous data analysis.
- Partner with system and firmware teams to develop error handling algorithms and enhance product resilience.
- Collaborate with design engineers, device engineers, manufacturing partners, and quality teams to resolve technical issues and deliver on-time product launches.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of experience.
- Hands-on experience in product development engineering, including troubleshooting and electrical failure analysis methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience managing product lifecycles from design through qualification and production.
- Strong analytical capabilities in statistical analysis and data-driven decision-making.
- Proven leadership capability with experience mentoring engineering teams.
- Written and verbal communication skills in English.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with 6+ years of experience.
- Experience with semiconductor or memory product development.
- Familiarity with system architecture, firmware principles, and device physics.
- Knowledge of design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for testability (DFT) principles.
- Experience with quality metrics such as DPPM (Defective Parts Per Million) evaluation and improvement.
- Experience with advanced testing and characterization equipment.
- Project management certification or demonstrated project leadership experience.
Skills: product development, qualification, failure analysis, test flows, screening
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 67-day median for Product Engineering roles.
Product Engineering · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
39
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Median days open
67 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$169k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | SanDisk | All employers we track in this specialty (39 roles · 18 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 39 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 25 | 2302 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 67 d (−67 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Skills observed across this category: product development, qualification, failure analysis, test flows, screening
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 8 open roles · median 70 d
- NVIDIA · 6 open roles · median 36 d
- Microchip Technology · 4 open roles · median 99 d
- onsemi · 3 open roles · median 141 d
- Qualcomm · 3 open roles · median 74 d
- STMicroelectronics · 2 open roles · median 87 d
How we counted: 39 open Product Engineering (Silicon Validation) roles from 18 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 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.