Renesas Electronics America

Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer

Renesas Electronics America$120K — $150K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering
  • 10+ years in digital or mixed-signal verification
  • Strong working knowledge of SystemVerilog, Verilog, and UVM
  • Experience with AMS/mixed-signal verification and Real Number Modeling (RNM)
  • Understanding of analog/digital circuits and power electronics/PMICs
  • Scripting skills in Python or Perl
  • Superior debugging and analytical skills with a system-level perspective

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive verification strategy and methodology for PMIC and power subsystems
  • Develop and own verification plans, environments, and infrastructure
  • Lead UVM-based verification and AMS/mixed-signal flows
  • Create self-checking testbenches, constrained-random tests, and reusable VIP
  • Drive coverage closure (functional, code, assertion) and improve efficiency
  • Verify system-level behaviors including power sequencing and fault handling
  • Collaborate with various engineering teams to address verification challenges
  • Debug complex mixed-signal issues and conduct root-cause analysis
  • Build regression infrastructure and automation frameworks
  • Provide mentorship and technical leadership across global teams

Benefits

  • Career advancement opportunities across various roles
  • Impactful work developing innovative products to meet global needs
  • Flexible and inclusive work environment to enhance performance and wellbeing
  • Remote work options and strong people-first culture
  • Supportive Employee Resource Groups for community and networking
Full Job Description
Job Description

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About the Team - Consumer & Industrial Power (CIP)

The Consumer & Industrial Power (CIP) organization at Renesas develops advanced power management solutions that serve as foundational technologies across a wide range of consumer and industrial applications. The team delivers highly integrated PMICs, multi phase power solutions, battery management systems, and system-level power architectures used in computing platforms, industrial automation, and connected devices.

The organization operates across analog, digital, and system domains, focusing on high efficiency, scalability, and reliability. With strong emphasis on reusable IP, system-level integration, and global collaboration, the CIP team enables rapid development of robust, high-performance silicon solutions.

Role Overview

Renesas is seeking a Senior Staff Verification Engineer to lead verification efforts for complex mixed-signal power management ICs within the CIP organization. This is a technical leadership role responsible for defining verification strategy, driving methodology, and ensuring high-quality silicon delivery. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise along with proven leadership in large-scale verification projects.

Key Responsibilities
  • Define and drive verification strategy and methodology for PMIC and power subsystems
  • Develop and own verification plans, environments, and infrastructure
  • Lead UVM-based verification and AMS/mixed-signal flows
  • Develop self-checking testbenches, constrained-random tests, and reusable VIP
  • Drive coverage closure (functional, code, assertion) and improve efficiency
  • Verify system-level behaviors including power sequencing, fault handling, telemetry
  • Collaborate with analog, digital, system, and firmware teams
  • Debug complex mixed-signal issues and drive root-cause analysis
  • Build regression infrastructure and automation frameworks
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship across global teams


Qualifications
  • BS/MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering
  • 10+ years of experience in digital or mixed-signal verification
  • Strong experience with SystemVerilog, Verilog, and UVM
  • Experience in AMS/mixed-signal verification and Real Number Modeling (RNM)
  • Understanding of analog/digital circuits and power electronics/PMICs
  • Experience with verification planning, coverage, and debug methodologies
  • Scripting experience (Python, Perl)
  • Strong debugging and analytical skills with system-level perspective

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with PMIC, DC-DC converters, LDOs, battery management systems
  • Familiarity with Cadence tools (Virtuoso, AMS simulation)
  • Experience with system-level power validation and architecture
  • Experience building reusable verification frameworks and methodologies
  • Prior experience in technical leadership or mentoring roles


Additional Information

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.

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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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