As project engineer for integrated circuit (ASIC) test solutions within imec IClink you act as the technical support interface between our international customers, our assembly and test partners.

Description

Company
For more than 25 years, imec has been offering a prototype and production service to worldwide companies. Imec helps the customers to design their integrated circuits (chips) and bring them from the prototype to the production phase. Imec provides specialized technical advice and services on design level, assembly and test. Our list of customers includes more than 900 universities and companies worldwide. For the further extension of these imec services, we are looking for a highly motivated engineer.
Imec IC-link, as part of imec, has an extensive industrial experience, contacts with leading industrial foundries, and long-standing relationships with all the main EDA tool vendors and IP providers. This unit supports worldwide customers in the layout, prototype , fabrication and test of advanced electronic products.

Job description
As project engineer for integrated circuit (ASIC) test solutions within imec IClink you act as the technical support interface between our international customers, our assembly and test partners. You take up responsibility for the full project management including planning, definition of test solution, characterization and qualification of our customer’s integrated circuits.

You will be responsible for:
- The definition and overall planning of the work packages of the different project stages
- Setting up the ASIC test solution with the test house and selecting the package type with the assembly houses
-Discussing the ASIC prototype-to-production volume ramp plan with the customer including characterization & qualification
- Organizing volume production after the volume ramp phase. You propose cost improvement plans such as yield improvement plans, multi-site test solutions and different packaging options together with the customer and test house
- Yield analysis of the volume production
- Attending regular training courses in order to master the newest technologies related to the most advanced packaging and test methods.

Profile
- You have a Master’s degree in Electronics, preferably with 2 to 7 years of relevant experience in the areas of mixed signal and/or RF test solutions. 
- You have experience in project-based work. 
- You are pro-active and customer focused, like to take initiatives and you are very motivated to work within a team of engineers. 
- A good knowledge of English is mandatory.
- You are willing to travel on a regular basis (1week/month) to our sub-contractors.

Nr of positions available : 1

Research Fields

Engineering - Electronic engineering

Career Stage

Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate) 

Research Profiles

Recognised Researcher (R2) 

Benefits

We offer you a challenging position in an advanced high-tech environment, in an international team. This is your opportunity to contribute to technologies that will have an impact on tomorrow’s society.
We offer you an attractive salary added with competitive extra-legal benefits such as an interesting life insurance, hospitalization insurance and long-term disability insurance. Imec takes on the full cost of these insurances.
On top of that you receive meal vouchers for each working day. Furthermore, imec offers various training possibilities and social services, such as a company restaurant, ironing service, the possibility of day care on site, holiday daycare and discounts in different sport clubs and shops. To decrease our ecological footprint 100% of the transport by train is reimbursed by imec.

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Interested? 
Apply online at www.imec.be/jobs.

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26/04/2015