Staff Reliability Engineer, Quality Assurance
About The Position
The Staff Reliability Engineer will own the product reliability and quality of integrated circuits from development through production, ensuring products meet industry standards, customer expectations, and long-term performance requirements. The role coordinates product reliability qualification, test scheduling, and data analysis for new product introduction (NPI), ongoing reliability testing (ORT), and quality incident activities. It also drives failure analysis, investigates reliability issues, identifies root causes, recommends corrective actions, and prepares qualification plans and reports for internal teams and customers. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams on qualification, failure analysis, risk assessment, and proactive risk mitigation. Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider with a global team of more than 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in over 30 countries. Its work spans Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT. The company describes its culture as Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial (TAGIE).
Requirements
- MS or PhD degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Physics, Material Science, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of work experience in reliability engineering related to integrated circuits or other semiconductor components.
- Good knowledge of IC reliability test methodologies, including HTOL, ELFR, HTDR/LTDR, ESD/LU, uHAST, TCT, HTSL, and BHAST.
- Knowledge of reliability physical mechanisms, acceleration models, statistical analysis, and failure analysis techniques.
- Familiarity with industry standards such as JEDEC families and AEC-Q100/Q006.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience collaborating with global, cross-functional engineering teams.
- Proficient written and verbal English communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Own the reliability and quality of integrated circuits from development through production.
- Coordinate product reliability qualification, test scheduling, and data analysis for NPI, ORT, and quality incident activities.
- Drive failure analysis activities and recommend corrective actions.
- Prepare qualification plans and reports for internal teams and customers.
- Investigate reliability issues and identify root causes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on reliability qualification, failure analysis, and quality-incident risk assessment.
- Proactively drive risk mitigation.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Health savings account (with applicable medical plan)
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Life insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Pet insurance
- Company-paid life insurance and AD&D for benefited employees
- Long-term disability benefits
- Short-term medical benefits
- Paid sick time
- Paid holidays
- Accrued paid vacation
- Bonus opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
