Senior Staff ATE Test Engineer
Renesas · Posted Oct 16
Semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries
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About the role
Renesas is a global semiconductor company rapidly scaling investment in its power delivery business, whose products include Point of Loads (POL), Hotswap/Efuse, and drivers. This role sits within the test group, working on ATE test development for analog, digital, and mixed-signal power products including high current testing. The Senior Staff Test Engineer develops best-in-class test programs, drives quality and capability initiatives, mentors junior engineers, and acts as a test platform expert on the ATE equipment used by the team.
What you will do
- 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
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
- 10 to 12+ years of experience working with Automated Test Systems (ATE).
- 10 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 and high current testing.
- Experience on ATE platforms like DMDX, STS8300 is a plus.
- 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
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Renesas
Renesas Electronics Corporation is a global semiconductor manufacturer that designs and supplies advanced embedded processors, microcontrollers, analog, power, and connectivity solutions. Serving the automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT sectors, the company delivers integrated technology to support smarter and more sustainable applications worldwide.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 21629 employees
- Founded
- 2002-11-01
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO
Shuhei Shinkai
CFO
Vivek Bhan
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering
Stephen Limoges
Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer
Utae Nakanishi
CHRO
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