Senior Staff Test Engineer

Renesas Electronics•Plano, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Staff Test Engineer applies broad expertise in test engineering to support company objectives and goals. The role addresses significant and unique technical issues requiring conceptual analysis, independent judgment, and responsibility for results that may affect the broader business. At the senior level, the engineer provides thought leadership, builds cross-functional networks, contributes to projects with organization-wide impact, and may serve as a subject matter expert or technical lead directing others. The role involves communicating advanced technical information to diverse stakeholders and being accountable for individual and team results. The engineer works with team members and leadership to establish schedules, meet commitments, identify and close readiness gaps, provide or request technical support, and resolve priority conflicts or reset expectations. Renesas is scaling its AI-focused power delivery business, with products including Smart Power Stages, point-of-load products, hot-swap/eFuse products, and MOSFETs. The position develops test programs and solutions for new product introduction, quality, and capability initiatives; supports product qualification, characterization, correlation, production ramp, yield, and customer-return activities; and helps define test-group processes and quality practices. It also involves test-platform expertise, mentoring and training engineers, supporting laboratory equipment calibration and maintenance, and managing external technical relationships. The role is a regular position, and remote work is not available.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
10 to 15+ years of experience working with Automated Test Systems (ATE).
10 to 15+ years of hands-on experience developing ATE tests for analog, digital, and mixed-signal products, with a strong focus on analog power product testing.
Programming experience with languages such as C++, BASIC, Perl, or Python.
Experience testing and collecting data on IC chips or circuits using standard tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and spectrum analyzers.
Proficiency with ATE analog and digital instruments, PCB-layout parasitic reduction, and debugging and troubleshooting.
Hands-on experience debugging analog products with serial-bus interfaces.
Experience developing test hardware and test programs.

Responsibilities

Develop test programs for new product introduction, quality, and capability initiatives.
Support product qualification, characterization, and correlation.
Train and guide junior team members and mentor less experienced engineers.
Work with leadership to implement processes, procedures, guidelines, and specifications for test-group execution and quality.
Develop and implement baseline software and hardware solutions that can scale across the team or organization.
Determine and report return-on-investment inputs for planning and test flow, considering revenue, cost of goods sold, and capacity.
Complete quality planning and hardware and software reviews for the test group.
Coordinate with product engineering and operations to support production ramp and release.
Support production yield and customer-return quality activities.
Serve as a test-platform expert for the ATE equipment used by the test group.
Support the technical and laboratory team with equipment calibration, maintenance issues, and related planning.
Manage third-party relationships and build successful working relationships with external technical teams.
Work with team members and leadership to set schedules, meet commitments, identify readiness gaps, provide or request technical support, and resolve priority conflicts or reset expectations.
Communicate advanced technical information and persuade diverse stakeholders as needed.