Senior Staff, Technical Program Management, Power Package NPI

Renesas Electronics•Austin, TX

3h•Onsite

About The Position

Own execution of Renesas’ strategic AI/Datacenter Infrastructure Power package engineering and New Product Introduction (NPI) programs, from development and qualification through production ramp. The role collaborates with product Technical Program Managers and personnel at global OSATs to deliver committed schedules and meet quality, reliability, and production-readiness objectives. It partners with Package Engineering leadership, Power product group teams, and OSAT/CM partners, escalating critical risks and leading cross-functional technical task forces on issues affecting quality, reliability, yield, manufacturability, cost, or schedule. The position provides program-level execution leadership, governance, and accountability while maintaining clear technical ownership. It establishes end-to-end NPI plans, operating models, dashboards, and execution standards; aligns internal and external resources; and drives risk mitigation, issue resolution, qualification, and transition into volume manufacturing. The role also supports package technology roadmap execution and communicates program health, risks, recovery plans, resource needs, and decisions to senior leaders. The role translates organizational priorities into team objectives, staffing recommendations, performance expectations, and development plans. It fosters urgency, fact-based decision-making, collaboration, ownership, and rapid issue resolution. Domestic and/or international travel to OSAT/CM sites is approximately 10–20%. Remote work is not available.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, or Materials Engineering; Materials Science; Physics; Chemistry; or a related technical discipline.
12+ years of relevant experience in semiconductor engineering, product development, applications, package development, NPI, manufacturing, technical program management, or a closely related field, including experience leading complex cross-functional programs.
Demonstrated experience managing complex semiconductor NPI programs involving package development, assembly, qualification, reliability, and manufacturing ramp.
Strong understanding of semiconductor product development processes and package and assembly processes.
Hands-on experience in Power Management products, particularly with several of the following: power SiP/modules, Smart Power Stages, Vertical Power Stages, Power Modules, Discrete FET packages, battery management systems, PMICs, wafer-level technologies, or flip-chip technologies.
Experience working with OSATs/CMs and managing complex development and production activities across geographically distributed organizations.
Track record leading cross-functional technical task forces and resolving complex issues involving quality, reliability, yield, manufacturability, and schedule.
Strong understanding of qualification, reliability, SPC/statistical methods, process development, risk management, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
Strong program management skills, including critical-path management, risk management, executive escalation, schedule recovery, and cross-functional resource alignment.
Strong interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, including ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders.
Ability to influence technical and business leaders without direct authority and drive accountability across organizational boundaries.
Strong analytical skills and ability to translate complex technical issues into clear business impact, decisions, and actions.
Willingness to travel domestically and/or internationally approximately 10–20% of the time, including to OSAT/CM sites.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting high-growth, high-visibility customer programs.
Familiarity with wide-bandgap (SiC/GaN) devices, power-module substrates (DBC/AMB), multi-chip, or advanced interconnect technologies.
Experience with formal technical program management methodologies and portfolio-level governance.
Experience driving customer-critical NPI programs in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

Lead technical program management execution for strategic AI/Datacenter Infrastructure Power NPI and package engineering programs, directly managing complex programs as needed.
Partner with Package Engineering Directors and technical leads to provide program-level execution leadership, governance, and accountability while keeping technical ownership clear.
Establish and drive end-to-end NPI program plans, milestones, critical paths, and resource alignment.
Establish a disciplined program management operating model covering development, qualification, customer requirements, production readiness, ramp, and transition to volume manufacturing.
Improve standardized processes, templates, metrics, escalation mechanisms, and lessons-learned practices, and drive consistent execution standards across internal teams and strategic OSAT locations.
Identify technical, quality, reliability, supply, manufacturing, and schedule risks; establish mitigation plans and escalate critical issues with recommendations and decision points.
Lead cross-functional technical task forces with internal teams and external partners on issues threatening quality, reliability, yield, manufacturability, qualification, schedule, or customer commitments, including process-integration and assembly problems.
Drive root-cause analysis and data-based decisions, and ensure corrective and preventive actions are completed.
Coordinate with Power product group partners, Product Engineering, Reliability, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain to remove execution barriers and maintain program momentum.
Establish program dashboards and management systems that provide visibility into milestones, critical paths, risks, issues, action owners, and recovery plans.
Drive OSAT/CM partner program reviews, milestone tracking, issue escalation, and recovery plans.
Ensure Engineering Build Requests (EBRs) are executed on schedule at each OSAT; track progress, identify delays, and drive recovery actions.
Align OSAT/CM development activities, including DOE, process optimization, process-window verification, and production controls, as well as qualification and ramp readiness, with NPI objectives.
Build relationships with OSAT/CM executive and technical leadership to improve responsiveness, accountability, and execution of critical programs.
Ensure effective transition from development and qualification into production through readiness reviews, ramp monitoring, and issue management.
Communicate program health, critical risks, schedule recovery, resource needs, and required decisions to directors and senior leadership concisely and factually.
Support package technology roadmap execution by translating strategic priorities into executable programs, milestones, resources, and deliverables.
Translate organizational priorities into team objectives, staffing recommendations, performance expectations, and development plans.
Foster urgency, fact-based decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, ownership, and rapid issue resolution.