Staff Reliability Engineer, Quality Assurance

Renesas Electronics•San Jose, CA

1h•$136,000 - $170,000•Onsite

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 drives failure analysis, recommends corrective actions, investigates reliability issues, and identifies root causes. The engineer prepares qualification plans and reports for internal teams and customers, and collaborates with cross-functional teams on qualification, failure analysis, quality-incident risk assessment, and proactive risk mitigation. The position requires deep knowledge of IC reliability testing, physical failure mechanisms, acceleration models, statistical analysis, failure-analysis techniques, and relevant industry standards. The role involves independent work and collaboration with global, cross-functional engineering teams in a fast-paced environment. The expected annual pay range is $136,000–$170,000, with eligibility for bonus opportunities. Renesas offers elective benefits including medical, health savings account, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, and pet insurance. Benefited employees also receive company-paid life insurance and AD&D, long- and short-term disability/medical benefits, paid sick time, paid holidays, and accrued paid vacation. Remote work is not available.

Requirements

Master’s 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, physical mechanisms, reliability acceleration models, statistical analysis, and failure-analysis techniques.
Familiarity with industry standards such as JEDEC families and AEC-Q100/AEC-Q006.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
Experience collaborating with global, cross-functional engineering teams.
Proficiency in written and verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

Own integrated-circuit product reliability and quality 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.