Senior Space-Grade IC Engineer | NPI & High-Reliability

Renesas Electronics; Palm Bay (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Renesas Electronics Americas is seeking an experienced Principal Product Engineer to guide advanced IC products from development through production readiness in space and harsh-environment applications. You will lead cross-functional teams across design, test, assembly, and reliability to ensure robust, high-reliability releases.

The role demands hands-on lab work, strong NPI leadership, and deep semiconductor knowledge, with collaboration across engineering functions to optimize performance and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience executing new product development within the semiconductor industry.
• Strong product engineering experience across IC characterization, validation, test, debug, and production release.
• Hands-on lab proficiency using oscilloscopes, multimeters, bench power supplies, and other standard semiconductor lab equipment.
• Familiarity with Automated Test Equipment platforms such as ETS-64, microFLEX, UltraFLEX, Advantest 93K, or similar ATE systems.
• Strong statistical data analysis capability using tools such as JMP, Spotfire, or similar semiconductor data analysis platforms.
• Experience with bench-to-ATE correlation, characterization data analysis, electrical specification validation, and product performance review.
• Working knowledge of semiconductor NPI processes, including product engineering, test engineering, applications engineering, assembly/package engineering, reliability engineering, and manufacturing readiness.
• Experience with radiation-hardened ICs, Hi-Rel semiconductor products, space electronics, or harsh-environment applications preferred.
• Familiarity with MIL-PRF-38535 / MIL 38535 or similar high-reliability semiconductor standards preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead cross-functional product development teams and communicate technical risks, results, and recommendations clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead product engineering activities for new product development of radiation-hardened ICs used in space and harsh-environment applications.
• Serve as the cross-functional technical hub between IC design, radiation effects, applications engineering, test engineering, assembly and package engineering, reliability engineering, and manufacturing teams.
• Drive product development milestones throughout the semiconductor NPI lifecycle, helping ensure alignment across technical functions and project stakeholders.
• Characterize IC designs to verify compliance with electrical specifications, product requirements, and high-reliability performance expectations.
• Perform hands-on bench testing using standard semiconductor lab equipment to support device characterization, validation, debug, and ATE correlation.
• Analyze characterization data and provide technical insights related to product performance, margin, yield, quality, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Support bench-to-ATE correlation and partner with test engineering teams on test strategy, test development, debugging, and production readiness.
• Collaborate with package engineering, assembly engineering, and reliability teams to integrate product requirements into a final manufacturable solution.
• Support high-reliability product development practices for space-grade or harsh-environment semiconductor products.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the Hi-Rel Product Engineering and Test Engineering teams, particularly around NPI execution, ATE readiness, data analysis, and product release processes.
• Communicate technical status, risks, results, and recommendations clearly to cross-functional engineering teams and leadership.

Skills

NPI

Semiconductor characterization

Lab bench testing

ATE platforms

Statistical analysis

Radiation-hardened ICs

Space electronics

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

MIL-PRF-38535

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETS-64

microFLEX

UltraFLEX

Advantest 93K

Job description

Renesas Electronics Americas is seeking an experienced Principal Product Engineer to guide advanced IC products from development through production readiness in space and harsh-environment applications. You will lead cross-functional teams across design, test, assembly, and reliability to ensure robust, high-reliability releases.

The role demands hands-on lab work, strong NPI leadership, and deep semiconductor knowledge, with collaboration across engineering functions to optimize performance and