Sr Staff Test Architect

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

As a test architect, you will be involved in driving test strategy to achieve the best test coverage and lowest test cost.  This technical leadership role will interface with design, systems, test engineering to develop DFT strategies. You will also help create templates, tools, guidelines in order to influence the test development process.  Thinking outside the box is critical to this role as you will help drive change in our processes. You will work with test ATE vendors when needed and central operations team to deploy next gen test platforms.  The test architect will also provide guidance to the test team and help develop them.

Qualifications

Experience in test role:

• 5+ to 12+ years; Typ. depending on degree.

Degree & Education:

• BSEE or greater or Professional equivalent.  Programming in C++, VBA, Other. 

Complexity & Problem Solving:         

• Work on problems of significant and unique challenges/issues with no guidance and full accountability. 

Collaboration & Interaction:

• Establish relationships with functional teams, collaborate with other test architects in the organization.  This role will report to a director.

Knowledge & Application:

• Strong ATE programming skills.
• Strong understanding of ATE instruments and usage
• Power and analog test experience
• Use of tools such as O’Scope, DMM, Spectrum Analyzer, and built in debug tools
• Mixed signal testing
• DFT knowledge and experience implementing them on ATE.
• High voltage or high-power testing
• Plan out tasks into a timeline and execute to them.
• Ability to collect technical information and organize / present them as needed.

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 company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

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.