Principal Electrical Engineer - San Jose, United States
$198,000 - $245,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 30 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves providing technical leadership in semiconductor device and process technology development and product enablement. You will translate technology capabilities and limitations into practical guidance for circuit and product development.
What you'll do
- Serve as the technical interface with foundry partners, driving device and process development, qualification, reliability, and continuous improvement.
- Lead device and modeling test-chip tape-outs, characterization, and analysis.
- Lead risk-reduction and enablement activities for new technologies and product development.
- Drive collaboration across Design, Product Engineering, Packaging, Reliability, and Operations teams.
- Provide technical guidance to design teams throughout development and tape-out.
- Benchmark technology platforms for competitiveness and alignment with product and business requirements.
What you'll need
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field, with 10+ years of semiconductor industry experience.
- Strong understanding of CMOS and BCD process integration, device physics, and reliability.
- Extensive experience working with semiconductor foundries and BCD technologies.
- Experience with PDKs, SPICE models, and device simulation.
- Experience with device and modeling test-chip tape-outs and characterization using semiconductor parameter analyzers, power device analyzers, and TLP systems.
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills, with a proven ability to align stakeholders and resolve complex technical challenges.
This role has been open 16 days — well below the 70-day median for Analog IC Design roles.
Analog IC Design · Power Management
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Open roles in category
88
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Median days open
70 d
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Median salary
$194k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (88 roles · 13 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 21 | 88 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 82 | 1413 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 57 d | 70 d (−13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $194k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Renesas Electronics (this employer) · 20 open roles · median 64 d
- onsemi · 19 open roles · median 57 d
- Monolithic Power Systems · 9 open roles · median 210 d
- QORVO · 9 open roles · median 46 d
- Texas Instruments · 9 open roles · median 70 d
- Analog Devices · 6 open roles · median 100 d
How we counted: 88 open Analog IC Design (Power Management) roles from 13 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 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.