Job Description

As a Product Engineer in the SoC Test Supply Chain Division team, you will aim:

• to drive Advantest towards operational excellence in an outsourced manufacturing
  environment,
• to drive manufacturing processes’ optimization, cost reduction and quality improvement
  initiatives,
• to take supply chain metrics towards defined goals working closely with our contract
  manufacturers, internal teams in Development, Supply Chain and Product Marketing in a very
  international environment,
• to manage quality, product changes and technical supply chain processes of products to
  constantly fulfill customer and business requirements,
• to provide special technical advice to peers and management,
• to actively drive supply chain requirements into hardware and test software design to achieve
  efficient and predictable manufacturability by utilizing the capabilities of our partners,
• to bring new instruments of the V93000 IC tester into production on time,
• to do all the above without close and constant supervision, neither from peers nor from
  managers.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s or master’s or PhD degree in electrical engineering or a closely related field.
• Ideally a basic knowledge of mechanics or mechanical engineering.
• A basic knowledge of end-to-end manufacturing processes of high-level electronic assemblies
• Good knowledge (ideally practical) of printed circuit assembly development and manufacturing processes (such as work preparation, setup, screen printing, SMT assembly, inspection etc.)
• Analytical skills in failure detection (data analysis to identify HW errors, electronic measurements and debugging electronic assemblies).
• Ideally a basic knowledge of statistics and statistical process control.
• Ideally a basic knowledge of LINUX and C (or any of its variants) or Python.
• Proactive, flexible, and innovative mindset with problem-solving skills, demonstrating strong ownership.
• Good communication skills and team player in cross-functional, cross-company and international (overseas) teams.
• Fluent in written and spoken English: confident use of technical terms, e.g. when creating documentation and ideally, at least B1 level (intermediate) in German.
• Positive attitude and confident demeanour when dealing with suppliers and customers.
• Good self-organization and self-motivation are required to thrive in the constantly changing work environment of this multi-faceted job.