Principal Quality Assurance Engineer

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Principal Quality Assurance Engineer-AI who is responsible for ensuring quality and reliability performance of our products (including module SiP) wherever they are designed manufactured and assembled by performing best in class Product Qualification in accordance with international standards and customer requirements. The PQE is also responsible for Reliability Monitoring through ORT.

The PQE works cross-functionally with Design Test Manufacturing Reliability Labs FA Labs and Customer/Supplier Quality to prevent defects drive robust product quality and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend related Milestones Meetings starting at Design kick-off through to production transfer.
• Define perform and review Qualification (new products second source material changes design changes process changes ) with focus on AI Module products
• Define evaluate and implement suitable stress tests for related product/module applications.
• Ensure product compliance with internal specifications customer requirements and applicable standards (e.g. ISO 9001 IATF 16949 IEC JEDEC etc.).
• Communicate qualification plans and data with customer (Silicon Package and Board Level).
• Participate in risk assessments (e.g. DFMEA) and ensure mitigation actions are implemented and validated.
• Review qualification test results assess risks and provide quality approval for production release or change management.
• Generate and publish qualification reports.
• Handling of the resolution for qualification related issues in a timely manner.
• Coordinate failure analysis for qualification failures using electrical mechanical or materials analysis techniques.
• Define and implement measures jointly with related teams to achieve high product robustness.
• Highlight in timely manner potential criticalities and risks on the success of qualifications.
• Ensure lessons learned from product quality issues are systematically fed back into design and process improvements.

Key Performance Measures

• Qualification achievement in terms of timing quality and costs.
• Overall Product Quality achievement alignment to Division KPIs

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• 5 years of experience in a Quality Engineer or Reliability Engineer role
• Good understanding of semiconductor industry and in semiconductor modules including SPS for AI/data center application
• Good understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes (wafer fab assembly both IC and module - test).
• Strong knowledge on industry quality reliability standards and qualification methodologies (i.e. modules SiP).
• Experience with failure analysis workflows and quality tools (FMEA 8D root cause analysis).
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving mindset.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.
• Customer-focused detail-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Comfortable working in a global multicultural environment.
• Written and verbal English is mandatory.
• Flexible to undertake international travel at short notice.
• Self-motivated and business service minded.
• Excellent interpersonal organizational and communications skills

Additional Information :

This is an ITAR role - the candidate must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. Person. 

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose To Make Our Lives Easier. As the industrys 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 22000 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 peoples 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time