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Renesas Senior Staff Validation Engineer in United States
Senior Staff Validation Engineer
Job Description
The Infrastructure Digital Power Applications team is seeking a Sr Staff Validation Engineer who is excited about working on cutting edge power solutions for server and infrastructure processor/SOC applications. You will be leading the validation efforts in the development of pace-setting digital multiphase DC-DC power converter products with Renesas’ advanced control architectures using automated test tools and software for the development lab environment. Excellent communication skills and technical knowledge are required as you will work across internal functional groups to be successful in your role. We’re looking for someone eager to learn, ready to hit the ground running, and help define the new frontier of Digital Multiphase power management. If you like problem-solving, cutting-edge digital power management technology and enjoy hands-on engineering teamwork, we’d like to hear from you.
Sr Staff Validation Engineer, Digital Multiphase Overview:
Seeking an individual to develop and lead a team for validating cutting edge digital power management solutions. A successful candidate will have strong desire and ability to work in a technically challenging environment with other top performers to continue Renesas’s development of industry leading power management IC’s.
This is an opportunity to contribute at a high level to the technical and commercial success of the corporation. To succeed, you will need to combine understanding of multiphase VR systems, automated testing equipment and software, and industry best practices for advanced mixed-signal IC and system testing. You will have critical input to product qualification and business planning activities. Your ability to work across functional groups through formal communication and direct interaction is critical to success. The position requires significant technical experience beyond traditional power management topics due to the embedded SOC nature of the products. Experience with firmware-enabled products is required.
Responsibilities
Work with design and applications engineering to develop a validation test plan, provide inputs for automation to ensure corner cases are covered, and drive testing.
Work with internal customers to help guide the automation team in the generation of automation tools, flows and methodologies to accomplish the product validation goals in a robust, time-efficient way, with maximal coverage.
Collect, summarize, analyze, and present validation test data, and make recommendations for design or applications changes based on the resulting data.
Participate in FPGA based design prototyping and validation to verify key features and functions will meet expectations. Work with design and other staff to find solutions when targets are not met.
Develop valuable IP by finding unique solutions to critical customer problems. Assist marketing with analysis to support a monetary value of IP.
Mentor junior engineers and technicians and be the liaison between the internal customers and the automation team.
Success in this position requires an ability to translate market understanding to product capability and ultimately to market adoption. Excellent communication skills and technical understanding will allow the indirect influence across functional disciplines.
Qualifications
BS in Engineering or technical equivalent and a minimum of 10 years’ experience in the power management industry.
Experience with multiphase digitally enabled DC/DC converters.
Understanding of control loop theory and its application in power converters
Proficiency with a full complement of lab equipment including network analyzers, oscilloscopes, and waveform generators.
Working knowledge of schematic capture, simulation, and layout tools.
Proficiency in data analysis using Excel or JMP.
Experience with automation of lab testing and common software, drivers, and APIs.
Proficiency in Python, C or other Object-Oriented Programming language.
Must possess excellent communications skills, both oral and written.
Company Description
Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.
Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world.
Additional Information
Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at renesas.com .
Renesas’ mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.
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.
Department Engineering
Location Austin
Requisition ID
20012255_2024-05-01
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