Renesas Electronics · Austin, TX
Director of Test Engineering
Listed on Renesas Electronics’s official careers site. Posted August 21, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
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- Lead a worldwide organization of test managers, architects, and engineers across multiple regions; build capability, scale capacity, and develop the next generation of technical leaders
- Define and execute the test strategy across wafer sort, final test, characterization, and qualification, driving standardization of methodologies, hardware architectures, and ATE platforms
- Own test cost: drive test time reduction, multisite scaling, and hardware efficiency; review test entitlement and align cost targets to business objectives
- Engage early in product planning to shift DFT, characterization, and production readiness left in the development cycle
- Partner with Design, Product Engineering, Reliability, Quality, Operations, and OSAT partners throughout the product lifecycle
- Drive rapid resolution of yield excursions, test escapes, and customer returns, with disciplined root cause and corrective action
- Support capital planning and capacity expansion to ensure manufacturing readiness ahead of ramp
- Lead adoption of automation, data systems, and AI-enabled engineering practices to accelerate development
Qualifications
- 15+ years of semiconductor test engineering experience, including
- 8+ years leading engineering teams and managers
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline; Master's preferred
- Proven record developing ATE solutions for analog, mixed-signal, or power management products and releasing them into high-volume manufacturing
- Demonstrated success leading geographically distributed teams across multiple sites and time zones
- Strong command of characterization, qualification, yield analysis, and production test methodology Experience with SPEA, ETS, V93K or Cohu platform experience is a plus
- Track record of driving test cost reduction and organizational transformation
- Excellent executive communication and cross-functional leadership skills What Success Looks Like Predictable NPI execution and on-time production releases; achievement of test cost and margin targets; strong yield ramp and excursion response; capacity ready ahead of demand; retention and growth of top engineering talent.
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