Staff Reliability Engineer, Quality Assurance

Renesas Electronics•San Jose, CA

5h•$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 also drives failure analysis, investigates reliability issues to identify 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 products serve the automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT markets. The company describes its culture as Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. The position is not available for remote work. Renesas offers a competitive benefits package, with details provided during the hiring process. The expected annual pay range is $136,000–$170,000, with eligibility for bonus opportunities; the final offer depends on geographic location, applicable experience, and skillset.

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 test methodologies including HTOL, ELFR, HTDR/LTDR, ESD/LU, uHAST, TCT, HTSL, and BHAST.
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.
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 risk assessment for quality incidents.
Proactively drive risk mitigation.