Renesas Electronics America

Validation Engineer

Renesas Electronics America$100K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent
  • Knowledge of production flows in the semiconductor industry
  • Validation and debugging skills for systems, hardware, and mixed-signal devices (preferably Power management, Digital Multiphase Controllers, and DC/DC converters)
  • Experience with and automation of validation equipment
  • Proficiency in software for measurement automation, especially in Python
  • Understanding of SCPI commands for lab equipment communication
  • Familiarity with communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, SVID, SVI3, AVS, PMBUS
  • Results-oriented with ability to deliver under tight schedules, agile in task adaptability

Responsibilities

  • Perform physical silicon device evaluations at chip and board level and document errata for device modifications
  • Deliver evaluation plans, reports, and status updates within agreed timelines
  • Monitor progress against the schedule and promptly address any issues
  • Assist Validation Lead with new requirements or tasks as needed
  • Collaborate with core team members to resolve application and device-related bugs
  • Develop software and hardware for automated measurements to improve efficiency
  • Innovate to enhance the silicon evaluation process
  • Maintain equipment calibration and ensure up-to-date certificates

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package alongside salary, details provided during the hiring process.
Full 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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