Senior ATE Security Engineer, Amazon Leo Silicon Team

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in silicon test, security engineering, or test software development.
• Experience with device security and secure provisioning during test, including OTP/eFuse programming.
• Working knowledge of encryption fundamentals, cryptographic keys, and secure communication channels.
• Strong software engineering skills, including proficiency in Python and/or C/C++, and experience creating reusable, well-architected code.
• Experience developing test or automation software for Advantest 93K and/or Teradyne UltraFLEX platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• International travel during release-to-production phases.
• Must meet applicable export control eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, a U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted to the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Preferred: Masters degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• Preferred: Ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts and mentor engineers.
• Preferred: Expertise in silicon security for modem and SoC devices, including secure boot, secure key and identity provisioning, fuse-based lifecycle management, and debug-port lockdown.
• Preferred: Experience implementing manufacturing or test cryptographic provisioning flows involving keys, certificates, and device identities.
• Preferred: Experience with silicon anti-tamper and physical security features, such as tamper detection, sensors, and secure-element hardening.
• Preferred: In-depth understanding of OTP/eFuse programming challenges, including programming margin, read-back verification, repeatability, and irreversible operations at high volume.
• Preferred: Experience building reusable ATE libraries and tools, including pattern search, sub-flow generation, and automated test-program generation.
• Preferred: Experience testing complex SoCs, including developing, debugging, and analyzing scan/ATPG, MBIST, JTAG boundary scan, and functional test coverage.
• Preferred: Experience developing and debugging test programs on Advantest 93K and Teradyne UltraFLEX platforms.
• Preferred: Experience with high-speed SERDES test and characterization, including equalization testing and tuning (CTLE/DFE/FFE), jitter decomposition, and eye/BER analysis.
• Preferred: Experience developing high-volume manufacturing test solutions and leading the New Product Introduction (NPI) test release lifecycle, from silicon bring-up and qualification through production hand-off and ramp.
• Preferred: Familiarity with I/O protocols such as I3C, SPI, and GPIO.
• Preferred: Experience testing complex modem and SoC devices on advanced process nodes.

Responsibilities:

• Own device security and secure provisioning during testing, including secure boot, key and identity injection, cryptographic provisioning, fuse-based configuration and lifecycle management, and debug-port lockdown.
• Develop, own, and qualify OTP/eFuse programming flows, addressing programming margin, read-back verification, repeatability, and irreversible fuse operations across process, voltage, and temperature conditions.
• Connect ATE flows with secure provisioning systems, hardware security modules (HSMs), or key-management infrastructure.
• Develop and validate JTAG and debug-access flows for post-provisioned units, supporting investigation of RMA returns and downstream quality issues while maintaining device security.
• Create and maintain reusable ATE libraries and tools that accelerate test development across the team.
• Build utilities for pattern search and analysis, automated sub-flow generation, and generating test programs from patterns.
• Architect scalable, maintainable, reusable libraries and frameworks, applying sound software practices such as modular design, version control, code review, and testing.
• Run firmware on devices under test to support secure provisioning and self-test while reducing test time.
• Work with ASIC design, DFT, security, and firmware teams to ensure devices satisfy our standards for secure provisioning, design-for-test, and design-for-manufacturability.
• Identify security, test-readiness, and software gaps throughout the product lifecycle and drive them to resolution.
• Lead technical and security reviews and establish software and security best practices for the team.

Technologies:

• Architect
• Firmware
• Flow
• Hardware
• Support
• Network
• Python
• Security

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We are developing Amazon Leo, a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites intended to deliver low-latency, high-speed broadband to unserved and underserved communities worldwide. As a Senior ATE Security Engineer, you will work with experienced colleagues across disciplines to deliver secure, high-quality custom silicon for the Leo network. The role combines device security and provisioning during test with development of reusable ATE libraries and automation software, and involves close collaboration in an open, cross-functional environment. This position is available in San Diego, Sunnyvale, California, or Redmond, Washington. Annual base salary ranges are $185,200–$250,000 in San Diego and Redmond, and $213,000–$287,500 in Sunnyvale. Our compensation package includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units, with final compensation based on factors such as experience, qualifications, and location. We also offer benefits including health coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. We are an equal opportunity employer and foster an inclusive culture; workplace accommodations are available during the hiring process. For Los Angeles County applicants, we consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the applicable Fair Chance Ordinance.

last updated 43 week of 2026