Job Summary:

The Characterization Technician is a role within Semtech's Backend Characterization Engineering team, based at our Aguascalientes, Mexico site and working in close coordination with counterparts across the UK, Canada, and the United States. Working primarily an afternoon and overnight shift (3:00 PM – 12:00 AM), with flexibility to start earlier if conditions permit, the Characterization Technician is responsible for actively monitoring and running up to 10 characterization test benches during off-hours — including changing parts, debugging, and resolving issues as they arise — to extend the laboratory's operational window and ensure continuous execution of characterization programs. The role also safeguards equipment and devices under test and supports the broader operations that keep the lab running smoothly.

Responsibilities:

1 Hands-on operation of measurement equipment (70%)
- Bench and Equipment Operation — Hands-on operation of characterization test benches and measurement equipment across up to 10 concurrent setups,



including thermo-stream and TEC temperature control systems, device-under-test (DUT) handling, and part swaps into PCB sockets.
- Automation Flow Management — Managing the automation flow by initiating Python-based characterization runs for new parts, monitoring ongoing measurements, capturing and validating test results, performing first-level troubleshooting — identifying equipment-level issues, resolving automation errors, and executing system restarts as needed.
- Bench Startup, Shutdown, and Safety — Following proper startup and shutdown procedures at the beginning and end of each shift and adhering to all laboratory safety and handling guidelines throughout.
- Data logging and shift handoff — Ensuring test results are properly saved and organized, and communicating bench status, incidents, and actions taken to the day-shift engineering team through a shift log or handoff summary. Overnight shifts fail without good handoff, a

📌 Characterization Technician (Estado de México)
🏢 Semtech
📍 Estado de México