Principal Product Engineer
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves end-to-end ownership of product lifecycle activities from engineering material planning through qualification, characterization, product release, and volume-production support. The Principal Product Engineer acts as a lead within the project, owning characterization, qualification plan, production release, and industrial activities.
What you'll do
- Own the assigned product lifecycle from first silicon through qualification and production release.
- Drive first-silicon bring-up and debug with Design, Test, and Applications teams.
- Plan and coordinate voltage, temperature, and process characterization, including production limit setting.
- Create and maintain product BOMs and product lifecycle data in PLM systems like Agile.
- Own qualification planning and execution in accordance with JEDEC and AEC requirements.
- Monitor production data and use statistical analysis to identify and correct yield, quality, and test-time deficiencies; drive yield improvement.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering or industrial engineering.
- At least 15 years of relevant semiconductor experience spanning product engineering, NPI, manufacturing, and test.
- Practical understanding of semiconductor wafer fabrication, assembly, test, qualification, and production-release flows.
- Experience managing engineering wafer starts, prototype builds, customer samples, inventory, and product BOMs.
- Working knowledge of SoC and mixed-signal device testing, common circuit building blocks, device behavior, and semiconductor test methodology.
- Familiarity with ATE platforms such as Teradyne J750 or Advantest V93000, and with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, and digital multimeters.
- Familiarity with JEDEC/AEC qualification standards, qualification hardware/software, and semiconductor failure analysis.
- Experience with PLM and yield-management tools such as Agile, PDF Exensio, or JMP.
- Experience working with external foundries, OSATs, subcontractors, and globally distributed product teams.
- Experience with failure analysis methods.
Skills: product lifecycle, first-silicon bring-up, characterization, JEDEC/AEC qualification, yield improvement, ATE platforms
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This role has been open 42 days — well below the 68-day median for Product Engineering roles.
Product Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
54
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Median days open
68 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$138k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (54 roles · 24 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 54 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 108 | 2383 · 120 employers |
| Median days open | 84 d | 68 d (+16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $138k |
Skills observed across this category: product lifecycle, first-silicon bring-up, characterization, JEDEC/AEC qualification, yield improvement, ATE platforms
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 12 open roles · median 189 d
- Analog Devices · 6 open roles · median 54 d
- Applied Materials · 3 open roles · median 36 d
- Infineon Technologies · 3 open roles · median 37 d
- onsemi · 3 open roles · median 22 d
- Qualcomm · 3 open roles · median 120 d
How we counted: 54 open Product Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 24 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.