Product Engineer
Product engineers reside at the intersection of product design and manufacturing test. In this role product engineers need sufficient knowledge of both the design and manufacturing test processes to correctly set up and manage a test program and to interpret the test results. Product engineers interact with nearly every other engineering department associated with the test manufacturing process. Having access to the same yield management system greatly enables communication between product engineers and their peers, especially when their peers work at different sites and different business entities. Even if the test program writing has been outsourced to another company the product engineer is responsible for updates to pass/fail limits and statistical yield and bin limits.
Automatically generated reports and easy set-up of needed analysis can increase a product engineers’ productivity by freeing them from writing SQL queries to be automated. Instead, they can review daily and weekly reports and charts on product yield to determine if there’s an issue that requires further attention. Because of the complexity and number of process steps involved in semiconductor manufacturing, pinpointing the cause of a yield issue can be a challenging task. Report and Analysis tools enable product engineers to systematically evaluate common variables within manufacturing processes to efficiently identify the source of yield issues. Product engineers can also work on reducing test time via test pattern or test measurement elimination or by shifting identification of failing material earlier in the test flow.
Modules:
- Automated Reports/Group Policies- i.e. Smart Logic Data Cleansing and Mapping
- Cross Work Center Correlation
- Test Program Management
- Reporting and Analysis
- Power BI Dashboard