Principal Chip Lead

Renesas Electronics•Austin, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Mixed-Signal SOC Engineer for its Infrastructure Power team in Austin, Texas. The role owns the design, verification, test, and validation of power management ICs that supply power to advanced computing platforms. Responsibilities span the full product lifecycle, from product definition through IC volume production and sustaining product support. The position reports to the Design Engineering Manager. Renesas is a global embedded semiconductor solution provider with more than 21,000 employees across over 30 countries. Its culture is described as Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. The company offers a competitive benefits package alongside salary; further details are provided during the hiring process. Renesas is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. The role is not remote. Work involving dual-use technology may be subject to U.S. export controls and licensing requirements.

Requirements

MSEE or equivalent.
At least 7 years of experience in Mixed-Signal SOC products, including proven tapeout-to-production experience.
Deep expertise in one core functional discipline, with familiarity across other disciplines: analog and mixed-signal design; RTL and digital design; design verification; or system-level design and architecture.
Ability to rapidly acquire technical skills across analog, digital, firmware, design verification, and test, and comfort working outside areas of expertise.
Ability to understand and reason about complex systems, including feedback loops, platform interactions, and multi-domain dependencies.
Experience with automated bench testing and silicon/system validation.
Broad exposure across test, product, firmware, and behavioral modeling of analog and mixed-signal circuits.
Experience using tracking systems for development milestones, tasks, and bug resolution.
Experience collaborating with customers, marketing, applications, test, and product engineers throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Own the design, verification, test, and validation of assigned power management subsystems through production and sustaining support.
Lead cross-functional collaboration with firmware, test, product, and customer engineering teams to define requirements, solve problems, and drive technical decisions.
Perform root cause analysis on customer returns and field issues to support long-term product excellence.
Contribute to system-level architecture and design reviews, bringing expertise from the core discipline and engaging across functional areas.
Mentor junior engineers and support technical growth across the team.
Drive continuous improvement in design methodologies, verification strategies, and validation approaches.