Sr Staff Test Architect

About the position As a test architect, you will be involved in driving test strategy to achieve the best test coverage, quality and lowest test cost. In addition, this high impact technical leadership role will interface with design, systems, test engineering, to develop DFT strategies, procedures, and tools to support test development and execution. One unique responsibility of this role is to contribute to the development cutting edge high performance simulation tools interfacing between ATE test environments and the IC design and verification environment to accelerate test development, debug, and checkout. 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. Responsibilities • driving test strategy to achieve the best test coverage, quality and lowest test cost • interface with design, systems, test engineering, to develop DFT strategies, procedures, and tools to support test development and execution • contribute to the development cutting edge high performance simulation tools interfacing between ATE test environments and the IC design and verification environment to accelerate test development, debug, and checkout Requirements • Strong ATE programming skills • Strong Design Validation(DV) experience or skills • Ability to setup and execute verification test benches • Strong understanding of ATE instruments and usage • Cadence Specter / Sim Vision / AMS simulation • Working knowledge of Unix environments • Spice Simulation • HDL experience • System Verilog • Functional understanding of instrument fundamentals including control loops • Use of tools such as O’Scope, DMM, Spectrum Analyzer, and built in debug tools • Design for Test (DFT) knowledge and experience implementing them on ATE • Ability to plan out tasks into a timeline and execute to them • Ability to collect technical information and organize / present them as needed. • 5+ to 12+ years • BSEE or greater or Professional equivalent.