Staff Product Engineer
Renesas Electronics · Austin, TX · 5 days ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Own product engineering activities across the full lifecycle, including silicon bring-up, characterization, qualification, production release, and sustaining
- Lead root cause analysis and resolution of complex product, test, and manufacturing issues
- Drive improvements in yield, test efficiency, product performance, and cost of quality
- Define and execute characterization and qualification strategies to ensure robust product release
- Partner with design and test engineering teams to optimize DFT, test coverage, and correlation (bench vs ATE vs system)
- Lead cross-functional efforts to resolve customer issues and field escalations
- Analyze yield, parametric, and reliability data to identify trends and drive corrective actions
- Influence product, test, and manufacturing decisions through strong technical judgment and data-driven insights
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to development of best practices
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
- 8+ years of experience in semiconductor product engineering, test engineering, or related roles
- Strong experience in semiconductor industry, with preference for power / analog / mixed-signal products
- Deep understanding of product lifecycle (NPI through sustaining)
- Proven track record solving complex technical and yield-related issues
- Strong data analysis skills (JMP, Python, MATLAB or similar)
- Experience with ATE, silicon characterization, and production environments
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Successfully lead on-time product releases with robust characterization and qualification coverage
- Drive measurable improvements in yield, test cost, and product quality
- Achieve timely resolution of critical product and customer issues
- Establish strong correlation between bench, ATE, and system-level performance
- Influence key product and test decisions to improve competitiveness
- Contribute to team capability growth through mentorship and technical leadership