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As product engineer, you will be a leader focused on driving MEMS microphone development from design through manufacturing release. Work cross functionally with ASIC, MEMS and package design, test, quality, reliability, failure analysis and applications to deliver cutting edge MEMS devices to the market. Blend product engineering and technical product management experience to solve technical development challenges by guiding diverse, global engineering teams. Interact, communicate, present and collaborate with large volume customers to solve difficult and complex technical challenges. Team leader driving all product engineering activities (characterization, qualification, ATE / wafer test requirements, yield analysis and improvement, failure analysis) throughout the MEMS mircophone development provess. Mentor and develop junior product engineers.

MEMS Microphone Product Engineer (m/f/d)

Your responsibilities

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Own characterization, qualification, and reliability efforts in support of supplying large volume customers
Define production test limits based on characterization data and production test GRR studies, ensuring product fulfills datasheet and quality requirements
Analyze characterization, production and reliability test data to identify product issues as early as possible during development
Lead tiger teams to resolve critical technical issues during new product development or during critical failure analysis
Support post release sustaining activities
Set up automated yield monitors
Disposition early production lot holds
Drive resolution of customer and production yield issues
Contribute to the development and production ramp of novel MEMS microphone chipsets from early system architecture through DFX and manufacturing release
Make critical tradeoffs across performance, reliability, cost and manufacturability and clearly communicate decisions to internal and external stakeholders

Key Attributes:

Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn.
Ability to juggle multiple projects at a time.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to work to aggressive schedules.
Strong analytical skills.
Ability to draw conclusions from complex data set and present them at a detailed or high level depending upon audience
Solid understanding of statistical analysis and familiarity with statistical software tools.
Strong critical thinking and systematic problem-solving skills (DOE, 8D, Fishbone, etc)
Good oral and written communication and mediation skills as well as intercultura competence to successfully manage stakeholders around the globe. Working language is English.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams both locally and internationally
Ability and desire to become team lead for product engineering group in Europe

Your qualification

A Master's degree in mechanical, electrical/electronics engineering, physics, material science or related field. PhD a plus.
10+ years product or quality engineering experience shipping MEMS/semiconductor modules to high volume customers
Team leadership experience a plus.
Scripting experience in statistical software (i.e. JMP) a plus
Strong English communication skills

Who we are

TDK Corporation

TDK Corporation is a global technology company and innovation leader in the electronics industry, based in Tokyo, Japan. With the tagline “In Everything, Better” TDK aims to realize a better future across all aspects of life, industry, and society. For over 90 years, TDK has shaped the world from within; from the pioneering ferrite cores to cassette tapes that defined an era, to powering the digital age with advanced components, sensors, and batteries, leading the way towards a more sustainable future. United by TDK Venture Spirit, a start-up mentality built on visions, courage and mutual trust, TDK’s passionate team members around the globe pursue better—for ourselves, customers, partners, and the world. Today, the state-of-the-art technologies of TDK are in everything, from industrial applications, energy systems, electric vehicles, to smartphones and gaming, at the core of modern life.

TDK’s comprehensive, innovative-driven portfolio includes cutting-edge passive components, sensors and sensor systems, power supplies, lithium-ion and solid-state batteries, magnetic heads, AI and enterprise software solutions, and more—featuring numerous market-leading products. These are marketed under the product brands TDK, InvenSense, Micronas, Tronics, TDK-Lambda, TDK SensEI, and ATL.

Positioning the AI ecosystem as a key strategic area, TDK leverages its global network across the automotive, information and communication technology, and industrial equipment sectors to expand its business in a wide range of fields. In fiscal 2026, TDK posted total sales of USD 16.6 billion and employed about 107,000 people worldwide.

TDK Electronics

TDK Electronics develops, manufactures and markets electronic components and systems under the product brands of TDK and EPCOS, focusing on fast-growing leading-edge technology markets, which include automotive electronics, industrial electronics, and consumer electronics as well as information and communications technology. Headquartered in Munich, Germany and thanks to around 21,000 employees at around 20 design and production locations and an extensive sales network, the globally positioned company works closely with customers and creates beyond the provision of standard products the right solutions for them.

Our benefits in Munich

Flexible working hours

Covered by collective bargaining agreements

Childcare

Company doctor

Social counseling

Career development and continuing education

Company retirement benefits

Sports and healthcare offerings

Cafeteria

Bike leasing

Parking & public transportation

Performance-related pay

Your Job Application

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TDK attaches great importance to diversity. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic origin or disability. Applicants (m/f/d) who would like the support of the local representative for the severely disabled are requested to indicate this in their application documents.

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