Principal Analog Sustaining Engineer
Investigate and resolve field failures on automotive PMIC products from initial RMA intake to silicon fix.
Originally posted 9 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Investigate and resolve field failures and customer-reported issues on automotive PMIC products. Lead root cause analysis from initial RMA intake through to silicon fix proposals and final resolution.
What you'll do
- Review RMA documentation, collect and analyze waveforms, and run analog simulations to reproduce reported issues and identify silicon behavior anomalies.
- Review RTL and netlists to pinpoint potential failure mechanisms across mixed-signal PMIC environments.
- Coordinate with FA labs, interpret physical failure analysis results (SEM, FIB, emission microscopy), and plan actions to converge on root cause.
- Propose silicon fixes or system-level workarounds, establish validation strategies, and evaluate feasibility with applications and engineering teams.
- Author 8D reports, root cause analysis (RCA) documentation, and customer-facing presentations throughout the investigation lifecycle.
- Conduct technical handoff meetings to share lessons learned and drive quality improvements across design teams.
What you'll need
- Typically 12-15+ years of experience in IC design, with a strong focus on debug, failure analysis, or sustaining engineering.
- Demonstrated experience diagnosing complex silicon or system-level failures across mixed-signal PMIC environments.
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA and debug tools (such as Synopsys, Cadence, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers).
- Experience with FA lab processes and physical failure analysis techniques (including SEM, FIB, and emission microscopy).
- Knowledge of Verilog, Verilog-AMS, or scripting languages used for debug automation or simulation.
- Familiarity with the 8D problem-solving methodology and structured debug reports.
- BSEE or MSEE in Electrical Engineering.
Skills: PMIC, analog simulation, RCA, RTL debug, silicon fix
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 72-day median for Analog IC Design roles.
Analog IC Design · Power Management
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Open roles in category
104
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Median days open
72 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$159k
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| Metric | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (104 roles · 12 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 28 | 104 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 93 | 1531 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 68 d | 72 d (−4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $159k |
Skills observed across this category: PMIC, analog simulation, RCA, RTL debug, silicon fix
Who's hiring in this category
- Renesas Electronics (this employer) · 32 open roles · median 51 d
- onsemi · 26 open roles · median 81 d
- Monolithic Power Systems · 10 open roles · median 177 d
- Skyworks · 8 open roles · median 13 d
- Texas Instruments · 7 open roles · median 94 d
- Analog Devices · 6 open roles · median 19 d
How we counted: 104 open Analog IC Design (Power Management) roles from 12 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.