Senior Staff Validation Engineer

Company Description

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world.

Job Description

The Infrastructure Digital Power Applications team is seeking a Senior Staff Validation Engineer who enjoys working on cutting-edge power solutions for server and infrastructure processor/SOC applications.

You will be leading the validation efforts in developing pace-setting digital multiphase DC-DC power converter products with Renesas’ advanced control architectures using automated test tools and software for the development lab environment. 

We’re looking for someone eager to learn, ready to hit the ground running and help define the new frontier of Digital Multiphase power management. This is an opportunity to contribute at a high level to the technical and commercial success of the corporation.

Responsibilities

• Work with design and applications engineering to develop a validation test plan, provide inputs for automation to ensure corner cases are covered, and drive testing.
• Work with internal customers to help guide the automation team in the generation of automation tools, flows, and methodologies to accomplish the product validation goals in a robust, time-efficient way, with maximal coverage.
• Collect, summarize, analyze, and present validation test data, and make recommendations for design or application changes based on the resulting data.
• Participate in FPGA-based design prototyping and validation to verify key features and functions will meet expectations. 
• Work with design and other staff to find solutions when targets are not met.
• Develop valuable IP by finding unique solutions to critical customer problems. 
• Assist marketing with analysis to support a monetary value of IP.
• Mentor junior engineers and technicians and be the liaison between the internal customers and the automation team.

Qualifications

• Education: BS in Engineering or technical equivalent.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in the power management industry.
• Experience with multiphase digitally enabled DC/DC converters.
• Understanding of multiphase VR systems.
• Experience with firmware-enabled products is required.
• Technical experience beyond traditional power management topics due to the embedded SOC nature of the products. 
• Understanding of control loop theory and its application in power converters
• Proficiency with a full complement of lab equipment including network analyzers, oscilloscopes, and waveform generators.
• Working knowledge of schematic capture, simulation, and layout tools.
• Proficiency in data analysis using Excel or JMP.
• Experience with automation of lab testing and common software, drivers, and APIs.
• Proficiency in Python, C or other Object-Oriented Programming language.
• Must possess excellent communications skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to translate market understanding to product capability and ultimately to market adoption

Additional Information

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at renesas.com.

Renesas’ mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our compan