Principal Silicon Test Engineer - TeraWave

About TeraWave

Blue Origin is pioneering space-based connectivity with TeraWave, a revolutionary satellite communications network delivering symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth. This network will service tens of thousands of enterprise, data center, and government users.

The Role

We seek a Principal ASIC Test Engineer to lead production test strategy for RF, mmWave, and mixed-signal integrated circuits within Silicon Systems. You will serve as the technical lead for final test of mmWave front-end ICs and converter-intensive ASICs, with focus on RF/mmWave performance, high-speed ADC and DAC testing, manufacturability, and cost of test.

This individual contributor role leads test engagement with manufacturing and OSAT partners and mentors internal test engineers supporting front-end IC and digital beamformer programs.

Responsibilities

• Define wafer sort and final test strategies, coverage targets, and production release criteria for RF and mixed-signal devices.
• Develop and optimize ATE tests for RF signal chains, frequency conversion, PLLs, clocking, and high-speed ADCs and DACs.
• Establish test approaches for packaged RF devices, including antenna-in-package calibration, fixture design, and correlation to laboratory measurements.
• Partner with design and DFT teams to improve test access, observability, and production test efficiency during development.
• Lead technical work with foundry, manufacturing, and OSAT partners on probe and final test implementation, throughput, and failure analysis.
• Mentor test engineers and provide test domain guidance across front-end IC and digital beamformer programs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 10 years of semiconductor test experience.
• Experience developing wafer sort and final test programs on production ATE platforms, including Advantest V93000.
• Demonstrated experience with RF or mmWave testing and high-speed ADC and DAC testing.
• Experience taking test programs from silicon bring-up through manufacturing release with external partners.
• Experience resolving yield and test correlation issues with foundry and OSAT manufacturing partners.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with phased arrays, antenna-in-package designs, beamforming, or multichannel RF devices.
• Knowledge of RF and converter measurements, including linearity, noise, dynamic range, phase noise, jitter, ENOB, and SFDR.
• Experience optimizing multisite test configurations, test time, and overall cost of test in production.
• Proficiency in Python, C, Java or similar languages for test automation and production data analysis.

Compensation and Benefits

Base pay range for California applicants: $269,175 to $376,843.95. Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with company match up to 5%, and Education Support Program. Stock options for all regular employees. Paid time off up to four weeks per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Additional Information

Relocation provided. Travel expected up to 15% of the time. Interviews will include a technical assessment. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until requisition closes.