Product Engineer

ENTRY LEVEL - BS with up to 2 years experience or a MS with 0 experience.

100% onsite

Renesas Electronics is seeking a motivated Product Engineer to join our Austin-based team supporting the development and production of advanced semiconductor power products. This entry-level role (0–2 years of experience) offers the opportunity to work on technologies including power management ICs, smart power stages, and related solutions. You will work with cross-functional teams to support new product introduction (NPI), qualification, and high-volume production.

Key Responsibilities

• Support product engineering activities across NPI, qualification, production release, and sustaining
• Assist with silicon characterization, product evaluation, and data analysis
• Ownership of BOM release and maintenance
• Collaborate with design and test engineering teams to improve manufacturability and yield
• Analyze yield, test, and reliability data to identify trends and support root-cause analysis
• Support customer qualification and resolve product and field issues
• Contribute to continuous improvement in quality, cost, and cycle time
• Communicate effectively with management to report critical technical, customer escalations or business issues as they arise, and drive mitigation efforts

• ENTRY LEVEL - BS with up to 2 years experience or a MS with 0 experience, in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• Prior internship is a plus
• Interest in power semiconductor products (power management ICs, analog/mixed-signal, power stages)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with lab equipment and data analysis tools; programming is a plus
• Strong communication and teamwork skills

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Ramp to independent ownership within 6 months
• Deliver characterization and analysis on schedule for NPI milestones
• Support timely resolution of product engineering issues
• Contribute to measurable improvements in yield, test time, or quality within first 12 months
• Provide responsive cross-functional support
• Maintain clear and accurate technical documentation

Why Renesas

Renesas is a global leader in the semiconductor industry, delivering innovative embedded processing and analog solutions that power modern electronics. Our Austin team plays a key role in advancing high-performance power semiconductor technologies that enable next-generation computing and infrastructure systems.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.  

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. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.