Principal Product Solutions Engineer
$110,700 - $145,320 USD yearly
Provide technical leadership in the development, validation, and sustainment of advanced probe card technologies.
Originally posted 11 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Principal Product Solutions Engineer provides technical leadership in the development, validation, deployment, and long-term sustainment of advanced probe card technologies on a new product platform. This role defines and executes product test and qualification strategies while bridging product development, manufacturing, process engineering, and customer applications.
What you'll do
- Define comprehensive engineering test strategies to characterize product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and operational limits.
- Design and execute complex engineering experiments, including Design of Experiments (DOE), to evaluate product behavior and identify critical performance drivers.
- Lead product performance investigations using structured root-cause analysis, failure analysis, and corrective action methodologies.
- Serve as a technical resource for the deployment and sustainment of new probe solutions across customer programs and manufacturing operations.
- Provide technical leadership for customer qualification activities, field investigations, product escalations, and technology transfer from development to manufacturing.
- Develop and improve test methodologies, fixtures, procedures, analytical tools, and technical standards supporting product development and sustaining activities.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline with 5+ years of related experience (or Master's degree with 3+ years, or a PhD).
- Experience designing and executing engineering experiments, including Design of Experiments (DOE), reliability testing, and statistical data analysis.
- Demonstrated engineering experience in semiconductor, probe card, test hardware, precision mechanical systems, or related industries.
- Background in root-cause analysis and failure analysis methodologies to drive technical issue resolution across product performance, reliability, and yield.
- Familiarity with mechanical design principles, tolerance analysis, and precision electromechanical assemblies.
Nice to have
- Experience with semiconductor probe cards, wafer test systems, or related semiconductor capital equipment.
- Knowledge of MEMS technologies or precision microfabrication techniques.
- Proficiency with CAD tools and engineering data analysis software.
- Familiarity with manufacturing process development, qualification methodologies, and sustaining engineering practices.
- Experience supporting customer issue resolution and field deployment activities.
Skills: probe card, DOE, qualification, sustaining engineering, validation
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 91-day median for Product Engineering roles.
Product Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
150
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Median days since first seen
91 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$159k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (150 roles · 49 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 150 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 9 | 2429 · 121 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 35 d | 91 d (+56 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $159k |
Skills observed across this category: probe card, DOE, qualification, sustaining engineering, validation
Who's hiring in this category
- Texas Instruments · 11 open roles · median 81 d
- AMD · 10 open roles · median 126 d
- Micron Technology · 9 open roles · median 189 d
- onsemi · 9 open roles · median 104 d
- Analog Devices · 7 open roles · median 92 d
- Marvell Technology · 7 open roles · median 39 d
How we counted: 150 open Product Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 49 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.