Sr. ATE Applications Engineer (NEXTEST; San Jose, CA)
$198,300 - $317,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 July 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 17 September 2026.
About the role
This Senior Factory Applications position plays a technical role within the Memory Test Division, supporting memory customers and influencing the development of the Nextest test platform.
What you'll do
- Lead customer engagements and technical escalations for memory devices, including device bring-up, characterization, and yield ramp. - Develop and deploy test program methodologies, characterization flows, and correlation strategies for memory products like Flash, DRAM, and HBM. - Partner with Engineering, Marketing, and Product Management to provide customer-driven input into tester hardware and software roadmaps. - Build technical demonstrations, documentation, and enablement materials to support customer evaluations and internal readiness. - Drive timely resolution of critical customer issues through structured debug, root-cause analysis, and scalable corrective actions.
What you'll need
- BSEE or related field, or equivalent experience. - 12+ years in memory semiconductor ATE engineering. - Experience developing, debugging, and correlating memory test programs. - Understanding of wafer sort and final test methodologies. - Proficiency in C/C++ programming for test applications. - Strong hardware and software debug capability with hands-on experience testing DRAM and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM).
Nice to have
- Experience with Nextest Magnum and/or Advantest memory test platforms. - Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing test flows. - High-speed serial interface testing experience. - Exposure to emerging memory technologies. - Experience supporting global customers, managing technical escalations, or participating in customer evaluations and pre-sales platform assessments.
Skills: ATE, NEXTEST, test and automation, customer support, next-generation technologies
This role has been open 103 days — well above the 69-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
189
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Median days open
69 d
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Median salary
$156k
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| Metric | Teradyne | All employers we track in this specialty (189 roles · 17 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 60 | 189 |
| Median days open | 33 d | 69 d (−36 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $156k |
Skills observed across this category: ATE, NEXTEST, test and automation, customer support, next-generation technologies
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne (this employer) · 60 open roles · median 33 d
- KLA Corporation · 42 open roles · median 120 d
- Applied Materials · 28 open roles · median 73 d
- Keysight Technologies · 15 open roles · median 71 d
- ASML · 7 open roles · median 120 d
- Veeco Instruments · 7 open roles · median 78 d
How we counted: 189 open Applications FAE (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 17 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 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. Figures refresh nightly.