Staff Test Engineer

Renesas Electronics•Austin, TX

2h•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Test Engineer applies broad expertise in test engineering to develop and support test programs for Renesas Electronics’ AI-focused power-delivery products, including Smart Power Stages, point-of-load devices, hot-swap/eFuse products, and MOSFETs. The role supports new product introduction, quality, capability, qualification, characterization, correlation, production ramp, and yield and customer-return activities. The engineer develops and reviews test hardware and software, establishes scalable baseline solutions, and helps define processes and specifications for the test group. The role also involves planning test flows with attention to revenue, cost of goods, and capacity; coordinating with product engineering, operations, lab teams, and external technical partners; and serving as an ATE platform expert. Depending on seniority, the position may provide technical leadership, mentor and train less experienced engineers, and coordinate work across groups. The role works with team leadership to set schedules, meet commitments, address readiness gaps, and resolve or reset expectations when priorities conflict.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
5 to 12+ years of experience working with automated test systems (ATE).
5 to 12+ years of hands-on ATE test-development experience for analog, digital, and mixed-signal products, with a strong focus on analog power-product testing.
Programming experience in languages such as C++, BASIC, Perl, or Python.
Experience testing and collecting data on IC chips or circuits using 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 to support new product introduction, quality, and capability initiatives.
Support product qualification, characterization, and correlation.
Train and guide junior team members and help build their independent capabilities.
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 flows, considering revenue, cost of goods, 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.
Mentor less experienced engineers and provide technical support to peers as needed.
Support the technical and lab teams with equipment calibration, maintenance issues, and planning.
Manage third-party relationships and build successful partnerships with external technical teams.
Work with team and leadership to set schedules, meet commitments, identify and close readiness gaps, and resolve priority conflicts or set updated expectations.