Senior ESD Engineer - High Voltage & Latch-Up Expert

Renesas Electronics; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics seeks an experienced ESD Engineer to advance product development across High Voltage BCD, Power Management, Analog, and Mixed-Signal technologies. You will design robust ESD and latch-up protection solutions for automotive and industrial applications, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and compliance.

The role emphasizes hands-on ESD structure design, silicon characterization, and coordination with foundries and technology development to support

Qualifications

• MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of semiconductor ESD design experience.
• Knowledge of ESD devices physics, HBM, CDM, TLP, Latch-Up and HV BCD tech.
• Strong understanding of HV BCD device structures and reliability.
• Hands-on ESD protection design for analog, power or mixed-signal products.
• Cadence tool flow experience for analog IC development.
• Familiarity with ESD verification tools like Calibre PERC.
• Experience performing silicon characterization and failure analysis.
• Strong technical writing and engineering recommendation skills.
• Excellent communication across global teams (Japan/Asia).

Responsibilities

• Support ESD and Latch-Up design reviews for High Voltage BCD products.
• Design and optimize ESD protection structures for analog, power, and mixed-signal ICs.
• Develop and maintain design guidelines and best practices.
• Perform ESD characterization using HBM, CDM, and TLP methodologies.
• Support silicon debug, reliability investigations, and failure analysis activities.
• Collaborate with foundries and technology development teams.
• Support development and qualification of ESD libraries and protection devices.
• Participate in product risk assessment and drive ESD design sign-off activities with internal design teams and customers.

Skills

ESD design experience

HBM/CDM/TLP methodologies

Latch-Up knowledge

High Voltage BCD technologies

Silicon characterization & failure分析

Technical writing

Cross-cultural communication

Education

MS in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Cadence tool flow

Calibre PERC

Job description

Renesas Electronics seeks an experienced ESD Engineer to advance product development across High Voltage BCD, Power Management, Analog, and Mixed-Signal technologies. You will design robust ESD and latch-up protection solutions for automotive and industrial applications, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and compliance.

The role emphasizes hands-on ESD structure design, silicon characterization, and coordination with foundries and technology development to support