About SiTime

SiTime is the Precision Timing company.

Timing is the heartbeat of all electronics, ensuring performance, resilience and scalability. For decades, quartz devices, non-silicon technology, have kept systems in sync, but they struggle in harsher, more demanding environments. MEMS-based Precision Timing delivers greater accuracy, smaller size and resilience. Today, MEMS timing powers over 400 applications, including high-growth ones in AI datacenters, automated driving, industrial and humanoid robots, wearables and IoT.

Our semconductor MEMS programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance, smaller size, lower power, and better reliability. With more than 4 billion devices shipped, SiTime is changing the timing industry. For more information, visit: www.sitime.com.

Job Summary

The Sr. Post-Silicon Validation Engineer will lead and contribute to productization of SiTime’s revolutionary timing devices. In this highly visible role, we are looking for passionate, self-starters who can work cross-functionally to ensure system-level performance of our products and help solve the world’s toughest timing problems. It is not necessary to meet all job requirements to be a qualified candidate for the position.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute device validation and characterization, including preparation of validation, characterization plans and reports.
• Perform project coordination for validation, characterization and release to production of MEMS-based timing products between different sites in the role of System Engineering Lead, interface with cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Work with MEMS and circuit design teams to evaluate new silicon and recommend design improvements for enhanced performance.
• Design and implement test automation to validate, characterize and release-to-production of MEMS-based timing products. 
• Design, develop, and validate PCB test platforms and firmware to enable automated data acquisition & analysis.
• Perform engineering failure analysis to root cause product issues.
• Promote and deploy best practices and methodologies to improve efficiency in the validation, characterization and industrialization of high-quality MEMS-based timing products.
• Mentor junior Engineers in the team.

Qualifications & Requirement:  

• MS or PhD in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. Exceptional candidates with other backgrounds will be considered.
• 5+ years of experience in the productization of semiconductor sensor-based devices.
• Experience leading engineering project teams and creating and executing verification and characterization plans.
• Fundamental knowledge and understanding of mixed-signal circuits.
• Hands-on experience with electronics lab instrumentation. Prior experience with metrology systems for evaluating timing parameters is preferred but not required.
• Strong programming expertise with hands-on experience in MATLAB, Python, C, and/or C++, including proficiency in object-oriented programming.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and ATE (Automated Test Equipment) integration
• Strong statistical analysis skills.

Desired Characteristics & Attributes:

• High level of self-motivation and drive to make an impact.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced team environment. 

Compensation: 

At SiTime, we believe great work deserves great rewards. We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive compensation package designed to attract top talent.

In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a quarterly bonus tied to the achievement of innovation goals—reflecting our commitment to recognizing meaningful impact. We also offer equity grants, providing a meaningful opportunity to share in the company’s future growth and success.

Learn More about SiTime: Review the Get to Know SiTime section of our career page to explore our culture, values, and what makes us unique. 

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