Senior Test Engineer - AI-Power ICs & ATE Lead

Renesas Electronics; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics in Austin, TX is seeking a Staff Test Engineer to apply broad expertise in test discipline and lead development of test programs for NPI and quality initiatives. The role involves solving significant issues, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and acting as a technical lead.

You will mentor junior engineers, implement scalable test hardware and software, and collaborate with product engineering and operations to ramp production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 5 to 12+ years of experience with Automated Test Systems (ATE).
• Hands-on experience in ATE test development for analog, digital and mixed-signal testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop best of class test programs to support key NPI, quality & capability initiatives
• Support qualification, characterization, and correlation of developed products
• Train and guide more junior team members, building their skill sets
• Work with leadership to implement processes, guidelines and specifications for the test group
• Implement and develop baseline software and hardware solutions for scaling the team
• Determine and report ROI inputs for planning and test flow with focus on revenue, COGS and capacity
• Complete quality planning, hardware and software reviews for the test group
• Coordinate with product engineering and operations to enable ramp and release
• Support production yield and customer return activities for quality
• Act as a test platform expert on the ATE equipment
• Mentor younger engineers
• Support the tech/lab team in equipment calibration and maintenance
• Manage 3rd party relationships and external teams

Skills

C++

Python

Perl

ATE testing

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Spectrum Analyzers

Job description

Renesas Electronics in Austin, TX is seeking a Staff Test Engineer to apply broad expertise in test discipline and lead development of test programs for NPI and quality initiatives. The role involves solving significant issues, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and acting as a technical lead.

You will mentor junior engineers, implement scalable test hardware and software, and collaborate with product engineering and operations to ramp production.