Staff Test Engineer

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

Job summary

Renesas Electronics Corporation is seeking a Staff Test Engineer to lead advanced ATE test development for analog, digital and mixed signal products. You will mentor junior engineers, drive qualification and characterization activities, and coordinate with product engineering to enable rapid production ramp.

You’ll serve as test platform expert and help scale the test group with robust hardware and software solutions.

Qualifications

• 8 to 12+ years of experience with Automated Test Systems (ATE).
• Hands-on experience in ATE test development for analog, digital and mixed signal testing.
• Proficiency in C++, Python; comfortable with data collection and analysis.
• Experience with oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzers and related test tools.
• Strong debugging, device characterization, and test program development skills.

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 junior team members, building their skill sets and capabilities for independent success.
• Coordinate with product engineering and operations to enable seamless production ramp and release.
• Act as a test platform expert on the ATE equipment in use for the test group.
• Manage 3rd party relationships and building success with external technical teams.

Skills

ATE

C++

Python

Oscilloscopes

Debugging

Analog testing

Serial bus

Test automation

Education

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

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Spectrum Analyzers

ATE equipment

Job description

Job Description

As a Staff Test Engineer, you will be responsible to apply a broad level of expertise and knowledge in test discipline, leading and contributing to the development of the company objectives and principles to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.

This position will work on significant and unique issues, where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles. You will be required to apply conceptual thinking to understand advanced issues and their implications. It will be necessary to exercise independent judgement in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results, for which you will be held responsible and may impact the larger business.

In the more senior role in this range, you will be expected to create formal networks involving coordination among groups, focusing on providing thought leadership while working on projects that affect the broader organization, and will require an understanding of the larger business.

This role will require conveying advanced information and persuading a diverse set of stakeholders as needed. In this role you will be expected and acknowledged as a subject matter expert and may direct the activities of others as a technical lead. You will be fully accountable for the results of yourself and your team members. In the more junior role, you will work as a part of the technical team executing the objectives understood to expected milestones, with accountability on results.

In both cases, you will work with your team/leadership to set schedules and to meet commitments. You will endeavor to identify enablement or readiness gaps and close them. Senior people will provide technical support as needed to their peers, and more junior members will request support as required to stay on track. When conflict in priorities occur, you will work resolve them and/or set updated expectations.

Renesas Electronics, a leading global semiconductor company, is rapidly scaling its AI-focused power delivery business. Products include high-performance Smart Power Stages (SPS), Point of loads (POL), Hotswap/Efuse, MOSFETs

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 and capabilities for independent success
• Work with leadership to implement processes, procedures, guidelines and specifications that define and drive execution and quality for the test group
• Implement and develop baseline software and hardware solutions for scaling the broader team or organization
• Determine and report ROI inputs for planning and test flow with revenue, COGS and capacity mindfully in focus
• Complete quality planning, hardware and software reviews for the test group
• Coordinate with product engineering and operations to enable seamless production ramp and release
• Support production yield and customer return activities for quality
• Act as a test platform expert on the ATE equipment in use for the test group
• Serve as a mentor for younger and less experienced engineers
• Support the tech/lab team in dealing with equipment calibration and maintenance issues and planning as required
• Manage 3rd party relationships and building success with external technical teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
• 8 to 12+ years of experience working with Automated Test Systems (ATE).
• 8 to 12+ years of hands‑on experience in ATE test development for analog, digital and mixed signal, with a strong focus on analog power product testing.
• Experience in programming such as C++, basic, Perl, python, etc.
• Experience in testing and collecting data on IC chips or circuits using standard tools such as Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, Spectrum Analyzers, etc.
• Proficient with ATE analog digital instruments, PCB layout parasitic reduction, and strong debug/troubleshooting experience
• Hands‑on experience in debugging analog products with serial bus interfaces
• Experience with test hardware and test program development

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.