Posting on behalf of my SO Please evaluate the following offer. Which one is better in terms of bonus, WLB and work? Maxim (Soon to be ADI) - San Jose, CA Test Engineer Base 94k SignOn 5k Stock 18k (over 4 yrs) Microchip - San Jose, CA Analog Design Engineer Base 95k No SignOn Stock 29k (over 4 yrs) YoE - New grad Heard/read a lot of negative reviews about Microchip. Is it really bad? Is going into Design better than Test? Thanks in Advance! #hardware #interview #semiconductor #testengineer #designEngineer #design
Go for design.
Design is better career wise. It opens more doors towards deadend.
Microchip has really good job security.
Trust the reviews, they don’t lie
Go for Microchip. Great for career growth in future to be in design role. Also Microchip ESPP program is awesome. Make use of that.
No, go for design. You can’t go from test to design but you cab go from design to anything
Do not go for test. Design way more high level
As a Test Engineer with 550k TC, I hear this from people in shit tier companies like yourself all the time. Yea, enjoy your “design” job and your peasant life. That’s very high level.
Don't plan to stay more than a year or two though. Lots of higher paying jobs around.
Negotiate base with Maxim Integerated. You can bring them up to $105k. Plus they have an annual bonus of 10%. Or negotiate the stocks to 25k. Maxim has a good work culture though, being a pst employee know that.
I think microchip also has a bonus program.
New grads should go design.
As this is your first job, go with Analog Design Engineer position for long term career prospects.
Thank you for the feedback. What do you think of TC?
Yeah, take the microchip job and keep interviewing for better pay. Test Eng positions will eventually be shipped to lower cost areas.