Principal Process/Device Engineer

Renesas Electronics•Chandler, AZ

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for defining, selecting and documenting Renesas’ process technology nodes by working closely with foundry partners. Deliver appropriate technical support to product design and layout Engineers in order to ensure successful and reliable manufacturing of Renesas products. Ensuring successful qualification of process technologies used in Renesas products Defining and maintaining Renesas process technology roadmap working with Senior management and business unit leaders. Act as a device/process expert in the company for developing technology strategies based on market intelligence and innovative process enhancement recommendations. Evaluate and benchmark foundry process technologies suitable for Renesas product roadmap. Continuously monitor the competitiveness and cost efficiency of the process technology selections and look for options to optimize technologies for Power Management, Advanced Mixed Signal and other products.

Requirements

10+ yrs. experience in Semiconductor industry as a process/device engineer and/or a foundry interface engineer.
Experience in dealing with foundries on various process technologies is a must.
Expertise in semiconductor devices including process development, device characterization, simulation and wafer level reliability
Expertise and experience in basic device physics, wafer level reliability, device-circuit interaction, High voltage power MOSFETs, BJT and other passive devices.
Experience and deep understanding of BCD process technology and LDMOS device physics is a must for this position.
Experience in supporting Analog mixed signal design and product teams on process technology, reliability, spice modelling, layout/DRC related topics
Able to handle projects and strategic activities independently and execute them successfully
Good written and verbal communication skills along with well-developed interpersonal and influencing skills.
Ability to coach and mentor junior engineers

Nice To Haves

Understanding of common Analog/Mixed Signal power management circuit blocks (current mirrors, LDOs, bucks, boosts etc.).
Published scientific articles in peer reviewed journals and/or conferences and filed patents

Responsibilities

Day to day interactions with Foundries, manage foundry technology deliverables to enable product design, manage meetings and technical discussions on process technology topics with Foundry partners to meet Renesas’ product and roadmap requirements
Support and guide product design teams on process technology options, power device usage & layout/isolation best practices as well as general design support activities.
Work with product design and layout engineers on DRC reviews, layout checks and other process verifications for successful tape out of products.
To maintain a sound knowledge and understanding of IC technologies in the marketplace (especially High Voltage, Analog, Mixed Signal BCD processes) and transferring that knowledge to others (technical expert)
Review and evaluate Foundry process technologies and SPICE models for accuracy, design ability and production readiness.
Evaluate and benchmark new process technologies and introduce them to support internal product roadmap, when necessary. Initiate, evaluate and execute strategic process technology activities with foundry partners
Develop Process Documentation for CAD to develop Process Design Kits and interface with external CAD teams as appropriate
Define, develop, layout test structures and design of experiments to evaluate and verify devices, processes, models and reliability (Test Chips)
Work closely with quality and product engineers to address and resolve process related yield, quality and manufacturing issues
Acting as a coach and mentor within the technical environment, seen as a technical role model.