Staff Product Engineer in Cambridge
Posted by Verso Recruitment Group
£90,000 – £120,000 a year
Cambridge · Permanent
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £90,000 to £120,000
Employment Type: Permanent
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
Are you an experienced Product Engineer looking to make a significant impact within a growing engineering organisation?
Our client is seeking a Staff Product Engineer to lead the transition of advanced semiconductor products into high-volume manufacturing. This is a highly visible role offering the opportunity to shape Product Engineering processes, influence manufacturing strategy, and play a key part in future product success.
The Role
Working closely with fabrication partners, OSAT providers, and internal engineering teams, you will be responsible for product performance throughout the manufacturing lifecycle.
The successful candidate will be responsible for defining and establishing the Product Engineering function, creating the processes, controls, and ways of working that will support products from development through qualification and into high-volume production. As the organisation expands, the framework you build will become the blueprint for how future products are introduced, manufactured, and supported across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead products from qualification into high-volume production.
- Manage technical relationships with OSAT and fabrication partners.
- Drive yield improvement and manufacturing optimisation activities.
- Lead production issue investigations and root-cause analysis.
- Manage change control processes and product quality initiatives.
- Support customer RMA and failure analysis investigations.
- Develop control plans and manufacturing containment strategies.
- Collaborate with design and test teams to support successful product releases.
Skills & Experience Required for the Staff Product Engineer
- Degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline.- - Proven experience with semiconductor Product Engineering, Test Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering experience.
- Experience managing OSAT partners and high-volume manufacturing operations.
- Strong knowledge of yield enhancement, change control, and production support.
- Experience with failure analysis and root-cause investigations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Desirable Skills for the Staff Product Engineer
- Digital or mixed-signal IC experience.
- Knowledge of DFT, test coverage, and semiconductor characterisation.
- Experience with yield analysis tools and manufacturing data analytics.
- Previous mentoring or technical leadership experience.
What's on Offer?
- Opportunity to build and shape a Product Engineering function.
- Significant technical ownership and autonomy.
- Clear progression into technical leadership or management.
- Competitive salary with flexibility for the right candidate.
For more information, please contact Cathy Swain.
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