Senior Validation Engineer

Renesas Electronics • Austin, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior 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

Requirements

• 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
• Familiarity with Industrial specifications from key customers including Nvidia, AMD, Intel, etc.
• Detailed knowledge of key performance metrics of these specs and experience in their validation techniques
• 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 adaptatio

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.
• Development of software & hardware for automated measurements and for improving execution efficiency.
• Independently develop ideas to improve silicon evaluation flow.
• Interface directly with core teams to resolve application (system bugs) and device-related (silicon bug) issues.
• Be able to step in or be assigned in validation lead role. This includes planning evaluation, supporting collateral development, reporting to management and internal customer teams, and reviewing evaluation documents. It further includes understanding of the system, marketing, and design requirements. Provide regular updates to the core team & program management office.
• As the validation lead, drive interactions with Design, System Application, Firmware, GUI, Test, Product, and Quality Engineering to resolve product issues, in accordance with overall technical project leader.
• Mentor other validation engineers (juniors or new starters) on the development methodology and assist with their ramp up.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level