Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial,...
About the role
This Hardware Engineer role coordinates the end-to-end design, RFQ, and production release process for Automated Test Equipment (ATE) hardware like Change-kits, sockets, load boards and probe cards. The position serves as a vendor point of contact to manage technical follow-ups, inventory tools, budgets, and cross-functional forecasts for timely production availability. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experience in semiconductor ATE hardware (sockets/boards/change kit/probe cards) management
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
- Experience in Hardware buy-off, and release to production
- Technical Planning: Turning technical needs into business plans
- Advanced Analytics: forecasting, and data analysis
- Executive Communication : Presenting complex data clearly to top leaders
More about this role
This Hardware Engineer role coordinates the end-to-end design, RFQ, and production release process for Automated Test Equipment (ATE) hardware like Change-kits, sockets, load boards and probe cards. The position serves as a vendor point of contact to manage technical follow-ups, inventory tools, budgets, and cross-functional forecasts for timely production availability. Additionally, the engineer performs basic technical evaluations, debugging, and data collection to drive hardware optimization and cost improvement initiatives
- Main contact with ATE hardware vendors for technical, commercial and operational aspects.
- Manage and monitor spending budget for ATE hardware,
- Manage and maintain the tool/system for ATE hardware request and tracking hardware inventory.
- Identify and execute areas for Gross Margin Improvement Initiatives in areas related to load boards, probe cards, test sockets, change kits.
- Interface with cross-functional (Product Group’s engineering, operation etc.) teams for forecast on ATE hardware and execute to support NPI timeline, revenue and capacity
- Assist in basic technical evaluation and validation of ATE hardware (e.g., sockets, boards, and change...
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