Principal Process/Device Engineer

Responsible for defining, selecting and documenting Renesas’ process technology nodes by working closely with foundry partners. Deliver appropriate technical support to product design and layout Engineers in order to ensure successful and reliable manufacturing of Renesas products. Ensuring successful qualification of process technologies used in Renesas products Defining and maintaining Renesas process technology roadmap working with Senior management and business unit leaders. Act as a device/process expert in the company for developing technology strategies based on market intelligence and innovative process enhancement recommendations. Evaluate and benchmark foundry process technologies suitable for Renesas product roadmap. Continuously monitor the competitiveness and cost efficiency of the process technology selections and look for options to optimize technologies for Power Management, Advanced Mixed Signal and other products. Day to day interactions with Foundries, manage foundry technology deliverables to enable product design, manage meetings and technical discussions on process technology topics with Foundry partners to meet Renesas’ product and roadmap requirements Support and guide product design teams on process technology options, power device usage & layout/isolation best practices as well as general design support activities. Work with product design and layout engineers on DRC reviews, layout checks and other process verifications for successful tape out of products. To maintain a sound knowledge and understanding of IC technologies in the marketplace (especially High Voltage, Analog, Mixed Signal BCD processes) and transferring that knowledge to others (technical expert) Review and evaluate Foundry process technologies and SPICE models for accuracy, design ability and production readiness. Evaluate and benchmark new process technologies and introduce them to support internal product roadmap, when necessary. Initiate, evaluate and execute strategic p