Renesas Electronics America

Senior Validation Engineer

Renesas Electronics America$100K — $130K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
  • Familiarity with semiconductor production flows.
  • Experience with system, hardware, and mixed-signal device validation, especially in Power management and DC/DC converters.
  • Proven experience in using and automating validation equipment.
  • Proficient coding skills for developing automation scripts, particularly in Python.
  • Knowledge of SCPI commands for lab equipment communication.
  • Understanding of various communication protocols like I2C, SPI, PMBUS.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct silicon device evaluations at both chip and board levels and document necessary modifications.
  • Create silicon evaluation plans and provide status updates as per the validation schedule.
  • Monitor progress against the evaluation schedule and communicate any delays to validation leads.
  • Assist the Validation Lead with additional tasks as required.
  • Collaborate with core team members to resolve system and silicon-related issues.
  • Innovate software and hardware solutions for automated measurement processes.
  • Enhance the silicon evaluation workflow independently.
  • Manage equipment calibration and ensure compliance with certification standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package to complement salary (details provided during hiring process).
Full Job Description
Job Description

100% onsite

As a Validation Engineer in Digital Multiphase Controllers Validation Team in Austin, TX, you will support silicon evaluation requirements to meet evaluation goals set by the product schedule and plan. You will be responsible for fully validating blocks or sections of blocks against the plan as set by the marketing, industry, and design requirements within the timeline agreed at the concept phase of the product. You will work with the validation teams in multiple geographic locations to discover all the bugs the prototype controllers have for a successful sample delivery to customers & confident market ramp up of the products.

Principal Responsibilities
  • Perform physical silicon device evaluation at chip and board level and document errata to support necessary device modifications.
  • Deliver silicon evaluation plans, evaluation reports, and regular status updates for the assigned tasks within the agreed timelines by the validation schedule.
  • Self-track against the schedule and highlight any issues preventing progress promptly to the validation lead
  • Support Validation Lead with any newly requested requirements or tasks.
  • Interface directly with members of core teams to resolve application (system bugs) and device-related (silicon bug) issues.
  • Develop software & hardware for automated measurements to improve execution efficiency.
  • Independently develop ideas to improve silicon evaluation flow.
  • Keep track of equipment calibration and take necessary steps to ensure up to date calibration certificates


Qualifications
  • University degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent
  • Knowledge of production flows in the semiconductor related industry
  • System, hardware, and mixed-signal device (preferably Power management, Digital Multiphase Controllers, and DC/DC converters) validation and debugging skills
  • Experience in usage & automation of all equipment required for the aforementioned validation
  • Software skills sufficient to enable measurement automation script development, primarily Python.
  • Knowledge of SCPI commands to communicate with lab equipment
  • Understanding of communication protocols e.g. I2C, SPI, SVID, SVI3, AVS, PMBUS, etc.
  • Results-oriented, able to deliver on time under tight schedule pressure, self-tracking, agile to task adaptation


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.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?

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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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