Sr Product Engineer

Renesas is a global, multi-billion dollar, publicly traded company headquartered in Japan, and has subsidiaries in 20 countries worldwide. Renesas is a dynamic, multi-cultural technology company where employees learn, mentor, innovate and thrive. Renesas is extending our share in fast-growing data economy-related markets such as low power notebook and automotive segments. Our solutions drive products developed by major innovators around the world. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics.

At Renesas, the Product Engineer is responsible for NPI execution – you will be working with our design, product & test development team in US, EU and APAC; supporting new product introduction projects & activities to ensure smooth transition of these new products from development to manufacturing phase.

We are looking for someone with a strong work ethic who is self-driven and able to build relationships across teams to create/maintain collaborative working relationships within a large organization. The ability to communicate at multiple levels within the organization and influence outcomes to the program’s benefit will be critical to this role’s success.

• Product lifecycle ownership from concept to end of life with a focus on ensuring the delivery of the highest quality products to our end customers.
• Definition of ATE test plan, test coverage, qualification, and manufacturing plans.
• Analyze yield at engineering sample phase and characterize NPI product performances and manufacturing yield window including bench correlation to meet product requirements.
• Ownership of BOM release and maintenance.
• Excursion management for both suppliers and customers.
• KPI achievement in product related deliverables including NPI execution and velocity, product cost (Gross margin improvements), product quality performance and failure analysis cycle times.
• Identify and drive production capacity improvements via test time reduction, first pass retest rate reduction, qualifying alternate sources etc.
• Participate in cross functional product development teams to successfully execute to plan, maintain schedules, manage risks, lead problem solving sessions, report status in management reviews, and interface with other engineering disciplines and various levels of management
• Communicate effectively with management to report critical technical, customer escalations or business issues as they arise, and drive mitigation efforts.
• Ownership of program schedules and internal status reporting to management.
•  Communicate effectively with management to report critical technical, customer escalations or business issues as they arise, and drive mitigation efforts.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronics or similar degree.
• 6+ years of semiconductor or related electrical component development experience
• Knowledge of power management topologies is desired with proven track record of driving the development of products, including qualification, characterization, NPI ramp planning and production readiness.
• Knowledge of yield analysis, quality management tools, GR&R, Cp, Cpk for limit setting.
• Proficient in BOM tools such as Agile, yield management tools such as PDF Exensio, JMP, etc.
• Self-driven, strongly motivated individual capable of taking full ownership of their activities, and to involve other functions in the company or management when needed to bring them to a successful outcome.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills and comfort in presenting to a wide range of audiences from individual contributor level to the executive team. Full comfort with both technical and non-technical presentations. Capable of communicating issues in a concise and effective way.
• Ability to manage supplier excursions and customer escalations through problem solving.
• Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships within a dynamic team environment.
• Required to show versatility when working on a variety of design disciplines, across multiple business lines, product and functional groups.

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.  

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. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.