Sr Staff Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Summary: This position will be responsible for reliability tests, failure analysis, and electrical qualifications of new high-power semiconductor devices.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Run experiments, analyze data, and perform failure analysis to reduce low level failures
• Failure Analysis + Problem Solve root cause for Field Failures. Help develop and implement solutions to prevent such fails in existing and future products.
• Provide insight into trouble-shooting and product improvement.
• Contribute to Switching and Transient Lifetime characterization of our devices
• Provide insight into trouble-shooting and product improvement.
• Determine lifetimes and predicted failure rates of new products based on accelerated measurements.
• Develop longterm lifetime models that can predict reliable performance in specific mission profiles.
• Formulate reliability qualification plans to satisfy potential customer mission profiles.

Qualifications

• >5 years of hands-on industry experience in reliability methodology, tests and product qualifications in semiconductor industry. Possess a working knowledge of failure analysis tools and equipment.
• M.S., Ph.D. preferred, material science, electrical engineering (semiconductor emphasis) or similar required.
• Ability to propose, design, and implement reliability setups.
• Knowledge of failure mechanisms in semiconductor devices and methods of identifying them.
• Ability to identify evidence of atypical failures and to trace underlying causes.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and an analytical approach to tasks.
• Experience with circuits, programming, and/or modeling a plus.
• Knowledge of methods and tools to determine device junction temperature and associated advantages and disadvantages.
• Experience in reliability of high-voltage or wide-gap devices a plus.
• Understanding of SPC as well as the ability to evaluate and present (written and verbal) results effectively.

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 21,000 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. Let’s Shape the Future together.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting 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 law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.