Staff Product Engineer

100% Onsite

Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Renesas is unable to sponsor applicants for work visas for this position now or in the future. 

Renesas Electronics is seeking an experienced Product Engineer (Staff level) to lead the development, qualification, release, and sustaining of advanced semiconductor power products. This role is responsible for driving product engineering execution across the full lifecycle, from silicon bring-up through high-volume production, with a strong focus on product quality, yield optimization, reliability, and customer success. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in power semiconductor technologies (e.g., PMICs, smart power stages, and multi-phase regulator solutions) and demonstrate strong ownership of complex technical challenges while influencing cross-functional teams.

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

• 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

Why Renesas

Renesas is a global leader in the semiconductor industry, delivering innovative embedded and power solutions that enable modern computing, data center, automotive, and industrial systems. The Austin team plays a key role in advancing high-performance power semiconductor technologies.

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.