Test Engineer

Renesas Electronics • Morrisville, NC

5h • Hybrid

About The Position

ENTRY LEVEL - Bachelors with up to 2 years of experience or recent Masters grad with zero experience.
Renesas is a global semiconductor company providing hardware and software solutions for a range of cutting-edge technologies including self-driving cars, robots, automated factory equipment, and smart home applications. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of the electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you. Renesas is a global, multi-billion dollar, publicly traded company headquartered in Japan, and has subsidiaries in 20 countries worldwide. Renesas is a dynamic, multi-cultural technology company where employees learn, mentor, innovate and thrive. Renesas is extending our share in fast-growing data economy-related markets such as infrastructure and data center and strengthening our presence in the industrial/IOT and automotive segments. Our solutions drive products developed by major innovators around the world. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics.
Test development engineers are critical to Renesas' power management products. They interface directly with the design team to define unique and novel test modes for our current and future generation products. Test engineers also play a critical role in working with the applications team to shape the final device datasheet through characterization and DFT activities. As a Test Engineer, you are involved with the entire NPI (new production introduction) process that starts from feasibility, DFT, test H/W design, device bring up, ATE characterization, all the way to offshore production test program release. It is Test Engineer’s job to ensure that each device shipped meets Renesas’s high quality standards. At the same time, a Test Engineer also works constantly to identify areas to maximize efficiency, test yield and minimize test cost.
Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’

At Renesas, you can:
Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.
Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.
Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?
Join Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.
Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.
Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.
We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• PCB schematic capture
• Programming experience (C++ preferred)
• Analog/mixed signal IC test development/debug
• Experience or relevant course work in switching power supply function/design
• Understanding of statistical analysis methodologies (GRR, temperature characterization) and tools (JMP preferred)

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with Teradyne, Advantest and Cohu ATE systems
• Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer engineering
• Experience in ATE characterization and test time reduction

Responsibilities

• Develop ATE test solutions (hardware and software) for new power management IC products including buck-boost battery chargers, multi-cell balancing/protection circuits, and core regulator controller IC’s
• Full ownership of ATE test solution from planning stage to production
• Generate test plans and identify requirements to execute on deliverables
• Develop multi-site wafer sort and package test solutions for new products. Responsible for hardware and software design and development.
• Develop ATE tests for characterization and validation of new products
• Ability to interface with design, applications, and product engineering to debug new products and characterize the performance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level