Renesas Electronics America

Director of Test Engineering

Renesas Electronics America$150K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of semiconductor test engineering experience, including 8+ years leading teams
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline; Master's preferred
  • Proven track record with ATE solutions for analog/mixed-signal/power management products
  • Experience managing distributed teams across multiple sites
  • Strong knowledge of characterization, qualification, and yield analysis methodologies
  • Familiarity with SPEA, ETS, V93K or Cohu platforms is advantageous
  • History of successfully reducing test costs and driving organizational change
  • Effective executive communication and leadership skills across functions

Responsibilities

  • Lead a global team of test managers and engineers to build capabilities and develop leaders
  • Define and implement test strategies across various stages of testing
  • Optimize test costs through time reduction and hardware efficiency
  • Contribute early to product planning to enhance development outcomes
  • Collaborate with various teams throughout the product lifecycle
  • Address yield issues and ensure quality through root cause analysis
  • Support planning for capital needs and manufacturing capacity
  • Facilitate the integration of automation and AI into engineering practices

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package
  • Opportunities for professional growth
  • Support for work-life balance
  • Access to the latest tools and technologies
  • Chance to lead cutting-edge projects in semiconductor testing
Full Job Description
Job Description
  • Lead a worldwide organization of test managers, architects, and engineers across multiple regions; build capability, scale capacity, and develop the next generation of technical leaders
  • Define and execute the test strategy across wafer sort, final test, characterization, and qualification, driving standardization of methodologies, hardware architectures, and ATE platforms
  • Own test cost: drive test time reduction, multisite scaling, and hardware efficiency; review test entitlement and align cost targets to business objectives
  • Engage early in product planning to shift DFT, characterization, and production readiness left in the development cycle
  • Partner with Design, Product Engineering, Reliability, Quality, Operations, and OSAT partners throughout the product lifecycle
  • Drive rapid resolution of yield excursions, test escapes, and customer returns, with disciplined root cause and corrective action
  • Support capital planning and capacity expansion to ensure manufacturing readiness ahead of ramp
  • Lead adoption of automation, data systems, and AI-enabled engineering practices to accelerate development


Qualifications
  • 15+ years of semiconductor test engineering experience, including 8+ years leading engineering teams and managers
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline; Master's preferred
  • Proven record developing ATE solutions for analog, mixed-signal, or power management products and releasing them into high-volume manufacturing
  • Demonstrated success leading geographically distributed teams across multiple sites and time zones
  • Strong command of characterization, qualification, yield analysis, and production test methodology
  • Experience with SPEA, ETS, V93K or Cohu platform experience is a plus
  • Track record of driving test cost reduction and organizational transformation
  • Excellent executive communication and cross-functional leadership skills

What Success Looks Like

Predictable NPI execution and on-time production releases; achievement of test cost and margin targets; strong yield ramp and excursion response; capacity ready ahead of demand; retention and growth of top engineering talent.

Additional Information

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

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About Renesas Electronics America

Renesas Electronics America is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad range of analog and power devices, with operations spanning research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of applications.
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