Have you ever had to learn a new, complicated software application or programming language? ?Most of the time it?s not that difficult, but it takes time and can be frustrating when you?re trying to meet deadlines and make forward progress.? In the test engineering world, coming up to speed on a new test environment typically […]

Semiconductor test engineers are typically not software developers.? They?re electrical engineers that are required to be experts with the devices they?re testing.? The knowledge required to understand the designer?s intent, configure the device to match that intent, setup the tester (ATE) to measure the expected output, and then dial in the operation so that it […]

Test engineers are almost always working against unrealistic schedules.? Think about it ? we?re at the end of the product development process.? Delays in design, tape-out, and fab happen yet the schedule marches on.? And the schedule, which was likely based on a best-case scenario, is what the customer (or market timing) requires, so regardless […]