Senior OSAT Engineer

About the role

Altera, a global leader in FPGA and programmable logic solutions, is expanding its manufacturing capabilities and seeks a Senior OSAT Engineer to lead outsourced assembly and test engineering across its global supplier network.

Key responsibilities

• Lead technical engagement with OSAT suppliers on process development, yield ramp, quality improvement, and volume manufacturing readiness.
• Drive new product introduction from engineering builds to production release, ensuring OSAT capability meets electrical, thermal, and mechanical requirements.
• Optimize packaging and test architectures for performance, cost, and reliability, including advanced packaging technologies.
• Monitor manufacturing performance using data‑driven analysis, lead root‑cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Partner with Test Engineering, Package Design, Product Engineering, DFM, and Quality teams on process optimization and manufacturability improvements.
• Implement SPC, automation, and lean manufacturing principles at OSAT sites and support cost‑reduction initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of semiconductor assembly, packaging, or test engineering experience.
• Hands‑on experience with OSAT manufacturing environments and international supplier collaboration.
• Proven ability to analyze yield, reliability, and cost data to drive engineering decisions.

Required skills

• Backend manufacturing flows: flip‑chip, wire bond, underfill, molding, final test, reliability stress and analysis.
• Statistical analysis, SPC methodologies, lean manufacturing, data‑driven performance monitoring.
• Packaging technologies: high‑pin‑count, high‑power, 2.5D/3D, fan‑out WLP, heterogeneous integration.
• Cost optimization, BOM reduction, cycle‑time improvement.