Senior Staff Engineer, Product Engineering - San Diego, CA, United States
$164,626 - $214,026 USD yearly
Originally posted 4 September 2026 by the employer.
pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio.
About the role
This position is responsible for product from development kick-off, through production, until end of life, ensuring successful characterization of new products, defining production test plans, and launching new products into high volume production. This role will focus on yield enhancement, analysis of customer returns, and Change control during production.
What you'll do
- Ensure new products meet product development requirements prior to production release.
- Define production test plans and experiments to study product performance and capabilities.
- Analyze test and characterization data to identify performance issues or show product meets marketing requirements.
- Apply data analysis skills to improve product yields during production and review/disposition production lots.
- Review any changes in production processes and how the change may impact product performance or reliability.
- Drive failure analysis studies on customer returns or to study failure modes that impact yield.
What you'll need
- 12+ years of experience in Product Engineering or Design Engineering.
- Experience with LNA, Switch, Antenna Tuning Switch, Wifi/Bluetooth PA, Digital Attenuators, Phase Shifters, DC-DC converters, or PMIC products.
- Hands on use of RF measurement equipment to validate performance.
- Background with software such as Datapower, JMP, Cadence, or Matlab.
- Background working with large datasets and applying statistical methods to draw conclusions.
- Experience with Cadence for layout and schematic review.
- BSEE required.
Nice to have
- Experience mentoring junior engineers.
- MSEE preferred.
Skills: new product introduction, characterization, production test plans, yield enhancement, customer returns
This role has been open 40 days — well below the 55-day median for Product Engineering roles.
Product Engineering · Yield Engineering
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Open roles in category
113
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$174k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | pSemi | All employers we track in this specialty (113 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 113 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 7 | 2220 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 40 d | 55 d (−15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $174k |
Skills observed across this category: new product introduction, characterization, production test plans, yield enhancement, customer returns
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 17 open roles · median 86 d
- Infineon Technologies · 13 open roles · median 50 d
- Texas Instruments · 11 open roles · median 64 d
- onsemi · 8 open roles · median 43 d
- Renesas Electronics · 8 open roles · median 27 d
- AMD · 6 open roles · median 55 d
How we counted: 113 open Product Engineering (Yield Engineering) roles from 34 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.