Lead Analog Failure Analysis Engineer

Renesas Electronics; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Renesas Electronics in Plano, TX seeks a senior technical engineer to drive field-failure investigations on automotive PMIC products. You will own root-cause analyses from initial RMA intake to final resolution, working with customer applications, FA labs, and cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven solutions.

You will craft customer-ready reports and guide fixes or workarounds with internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Typically 12-15+ years' experience in IC design, with a strong focus on debug, failure analysis, or sustaining engineering.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to drive structured, data-driven root cause investigations independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated experience diagnosing complex silicon or system-level failures across mixed-signal PMIC environments.
• Solid understanding of analog and digital circuit behavior, waveform analysis, and how design implementation manifests on silicon.
• Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA and debug tools (e.g., Synopsys, Cadence, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, simulation environments).
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to produce clear, concise technical reports and customer-facing documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal cross-functional communication skills, including experience presenting technical findings to customers.

Responsibilities

• RMA Onboarding & Reproduction Setup: Review RMA documentation and debug history to understand failure symptoms; set up simulation and/or hardware debug environments to reproduce reported issues.
• Waveform & Silicon Analysis: Collect and analyze waveforms, run analog simulations, and review RTL/netlist to identify potential failure mechanisms and silicon behavior anomalies.
• Collaborative Debugging: Work closely with customer applications teams to align on debugging focus, share regular status and progress updates, and drive structured investigation plans.
• Advanced Failure Analysis: Initiate further analysis where required (e.g., FA lab), interpret results, and plan next actions to converge on root cause.
• Customer-Facing Technical Documentation: Create high-quality materials for customers including presentations, 8D reports, and any other relevant technical documents throughout the investigation lifecycle.
• Fix & Workaround Proposals: Propose silicon fixes or system-level workarounds, outline validation strategies, and review feasibility with customer applications teams and relevant internal departments.
• Root Cause Analysis Reports: Deliver comprehensive debug reports covering root cause analysis (RCA), fix proposals, and supporting data in a clear and structured format for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Technical Handoff & Closure: Conduct technical handoff meetings to ensure smooth knowledge transfer and formal case closure with all relevant teams.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Engage with design, applications, test, and quality engineering teams to share learnings, drive design improvements, and contribute to sustaining quality initiatives.
• Ensure impactful dissemination of knowledge across Renesas design teams for lessons learned.
• Demonstrate risk astuteness, proactively implementing solutions with minimal input from the Manager
• Recognition for technical expertise in analog design across PMIC organization, demonstrated through proactive use of forums eg lunch and learns / skills training
• Demonstrate elements of Renesas values in all aspects of work
• Demonstrate continuous improvement of technical and non-technical skills, measured through manager review.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Debugging

Verilog

Verilog-AMS

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

BSEE or MSEE

Tools

Synopsys

Cadence

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Simulation tools

Job description

Renesas Electronics in Plano, TX seeks a senior technical engineer to drive field-failure investigations on automotive PMIC products. You will own root-cause analyses from initial RMA intake to final resolution, working with customer applications, FA labs, and cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven solutions.

You will craft customer-ready reports and guide fixes or workarounds with internal stakeholders.