Senior Electronics Lab Technician

Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in person in the office

We are looking for a Laboratory technician to join the Impinj silicon engineering team to work on the next generation of tag and reader chips. We are a fun, hardworking team of top-tier engineers that value and celebrate partnership and collaboration.

What you will do:

• Work closely with IC designers and test engineers through preparation and execution of chips and product qualification tests
• Mount test setups for measurement and complete the tests on both packaged samples and bare dies (using die prober)
• Configure and execute test automation software
• Provide support for operating prototyping and production test equipment
• Solder, mount components, and design printed circuit boards
• Purchase materials and components
• Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and provide feedback to optimize SOPs
• Be responsible for Lab infrastructure maintenance
• Develop new or modified process formulations, define processing or handling equipment requirements and specifications, and review processing techniques and methods applied in the manufacture, fabrication, and evaluation of products
• Participate in projects at any stage, from pilot plant to full-scale manufacturing, ensuring design requirement reviews with appropriate engineering/scientific personnel to maintain compatibility of processing methods
• Compile and evaluate test data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process or material specifications
• Conceive and plan projects involving definition and selection of new concepts, equipment automation technology, and approaches in the processing or development of new or improved processes
• Develop and execute scripts for collecting, organizing and processing raw test data

What you will bring:

• 3 + years of experience as an electronics lab technician or in related area
• Basic knowledge of IC components
• Ability to read and interpret a datasheet/technical documents
• Experience with PCB drawing software is a plus
• Experience with LPKF (PCB prototyping equipment) is a plus
• Experience using standard test and measurement equipment including spectrum analyzers, power meters, signal generators, and oscilloscope
• Experience in using die prober and micromanipulators is a plus
• Knowledge in Python programming language is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communications (Portuguese)
• Good reading and writing in English
• You're diligent and willing to take the initiatives for process and flow improvements
• You should be committed to a motivated, respectful, accountable, and inquisitive work style and working environment