Staff Product Engineer - Semiconductor - San Jose, CA, United States
$125,760 - $172,920 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer — open 1 day.
About the role
This Staff Product Engineer role involves merging technical expertise with product development, test, and packaging initiatives within the Research & Development team.
What you'll do
- Partner with Design Engineering throughout the product development lifecycle, reviewing circuit and layout designs.
- Lead product and process characterization activities to validate performance against datasheet specifications.
- Support high-volume manufacturing operations by ensuring accurate production documentation and monitoring yield metrics.
- Serve as the primary technical resource for product quality and reliability, conducting root cause analysis on customer returns.
- Oversee product development, test, and packaging initiatives, including new package introductions and test program maintenance.
- Provide technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration by mentoring junior engineers and guiding improvement programs.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, with 5+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry.
- Strong technical expertise in non-volatile memory technologies, including NOR and/or NAND Flash architectures, cell operation, and product design implementation, with an understanding of New Product Introduction (NPI) processes.
- Comprehensive knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, including wafer fabrication, wafer probe testing, assembly, and final electrical test.
- Experience with device and package-level reliability testing, failure mechanisms, and associated reliability stress methodologies.
- Proficiency in statistical data analysis and automation tools, including JMP, Yield3, and programming/scripting languages such as Python, C/C++, or Perl.
- Hands-on experience with semiconductor test and validation environments, including bench characterization equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, parameter analyzers) and Automated Test Equipment (ATE) platforms such as Teradyne and Advantest.
Skills: non-volatile memory, NAND Flash, product characterization, ATE, yield metrics, reliability testing
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 61-day median for Product Engineering roles.
Product Engineering · Memory Design
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Open roles in category
89
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$156k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Infineon Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (89 roles · 15 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 89 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 102 | 2029 · 111 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 61 d (−61 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $156k |
Skills observed across this category: non-volatile memory, NAND Flash, product characterization, ATE, yield metrics, reliability testing
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 54 open roles · median 84 d
- SanDisk · 15 open roles · median 22 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 4 open roles · median 101 d
- KIOXIA America · 2 open roles · median 22 d
- OmniVision · 2 open roles · median 130 d
- Solidigm · 2 open roles · median 9 d
How we counted: 89 open Product Engineering (Memory Design) roles from 15 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Sept 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.