Sr Staff Product Engineer

Job Type:  Permanent - Full Time 

Travel Required:  0% 

Remote Work Available:  No 

 

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 the 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.

 

Renesas is a global semiconductor company providing hardware and software solutions for a range of cutting-edge technologies including self-driving cars, robots, automated factory equipment, and smart home applications. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of the electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.  Renesas is a global, multi-billion dollar, publicly traded company headquartered in Japan, and has subsidiaries in 20 countries worldwide. Renesas is a dynamic, multi-cultural technology company where employees learn, mentor, innovate and thrive. Renesas is extending our share in fast-growing data economy-related markets such as infrastructure data center and strengthening our presence in the automotive segments.

At Renesas, the Product Engineer is responsible for NPI execution – you will be managing and working with our design, product & test development team in US, EU and APAC; supporting new product introduction projects & activities to ensure smooth transition of these new products from development to manufacturing phase.

Duties And Responsibilities

Management of devices focused on automotive end markets with deep understanding of requirements and processes necessary to ensure quality of IC devices in production.

Definition of ATE test plan, Test coverage, qualification, and manufacturing plans.

Datasheet and automotive compliance reports.

Analyze yield at Engineering Sample phase and Characterize NPI product performances and manufacturing yield window including bench correlation to meet product requirements.

Ownership of BOM release and maintenance.

Excursion management for both suppliers and customers.

KPI achievement in product related deliverables including NPI execution and velocity, product cost (Gross margin improvements), product quality performance and failure analysis cycle times.

Identify and drive production capacity improvement needs via test time reduction, first pass retest rate reduction, qualifying alternate sources etc.

Communicate effectively with management to report critical technical, customer escalations or business issues as they arise, and drive mitigation efforts.

Requirements: 

BS in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of Semiconductor or related electrical component development experience, with a focus in development for automotive grade applications.

Technical expertise in the area of mixed signal IC’s (power IC’s is strongly preferred) with proven track record of driving the development of products.

Experience of the automotive industry, automotive customer expectations and knowledge of deliverables required to qualify new products in automotive applications.

Overall knowledge of AECQ-100 and other automotive specifications

Knowledge of yield analysis, quality management tools, GR&R, Cp, Cpk.

Interface both on-site and remote product engineering teams.

Fully proficient in PLM tools such as Agile, yield management tools such as PDF Exensio, JMP

Self-driven, strongly motivated individual capable to take full ownership of their activities, and to involve other functions in the company or management when needed to bring them to a successful outcome.

Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills and comfort in presenting to a wide range of audiences from individual contributor level to the executive team. Full comfort with both technical and non-technical presentations. Capable to communicate issues in a c