Principal Product Engineer at Renesas Electronics — NeverHard

Job Description This is an experienced Principal Product Engineer role within the Renesas Hi-Reliability group, supporting advanced IC products for space and harsh-environment applications. The role will help guide complex semiconductor products from development through characterization and production readiness, requiring strong semiconductor NPI experience, hands-on lab capability, technical leadership, and a continuous improvement mindset to support high-reliability product release. Responsibilities Lead product engineering activities for new product development of radiation-hardened ICs used in space and harsh-environment applications. Serve as the cross-functional technical hub between IC design, radiation effects, applications engineering, test engineering, assembly and package engineering, reliability engineering, and manufacturing teams. Drive product development milestones throughout the semiconductor NPI lifecycle, helping ensure alignment across technical functions and project stakeholders. Characterize IC designs to verify compliance with electrical specifications, product requirements, and high-reliability performance expectations. Perform hands-on bench testing using standard semiconductor lab equipment to support device characterization, validation, debug, and ATE correlation. Analyze characterization data and provide technical insights related to product performance, margin, yield, quality, reliability, and manufacturability. Support bench-to-ATE correlation and partner with test engineering teams on test strategy, test development, debugging, and production readiness. Collaborate with package engineering, assembly engineering, and reliability teams to integrate product requirements into a final manufacturable solution. Support high-reliability product development practices for space-grade or harsh-environment semiconductor products. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the Hi-Rel Product Engineering and Test Engineering teams, particularly around NPI execution, ATE readiness, data analysis, and product release processes. Communicate technical status, risks, results, and recommendations clearly to cross-functional engineering teams and leadership.