Senior Staff ESD Engineer - Chandler, United States
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.
Focus on ESD and Latch-Up protection solutions for High Voltage BCD, Power Management, Analog, and Mixed-Signal technologies.
About the role
This role involves supporting product development by providing robust ESD and Latch-Up protection solutions for automotive, industrial, power, and mixed-signal applications. You will work with High Voltage BCD, Power Management, Analog, and Mixed-Signal technologies.
What you'll do
- Support ESD and Latch-Up design reviews for High Voltage BCD products.
- Design and optimize ESD protection structures for analog, power, and mixed-signal ICs.
- Perform ESD characterization using HBM, CDM, and TLP methodologies.
- Support silicon debug, reliability investigations, and failure analysis activities.
- Collaborate with foundries and technology development teams.
- Participate in product risk assessment and drive ESD design sign-off activities.
What you'll need
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- 5+ years of semiconductor ESD design experience.
- Knowledge of ESD devices physics, HBM, CDM, TLP methodologies, Latch-Up, and High Voltage BCD technologies.
- Strong understanding of High Voltage BCD device structures, isolation techniques, and reliability challenges.
- Hands-on experience with High Voltage BCD technologies and ESD protection design for analog, power, or mixed-signal products.
- Familiarity with Cadence tool flow for analog IC development.
- Familiarity with ESD verification tools such as Calibre PERC.
- Experience performing silicon characterization and failure analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience with IEC/EMC or system-level ESD considerations.
Skills: ESD and Latch-Up design reviews, ESD protection structures, HBM, CDM, TLP methodologies, silicon debug, reliability investigations, failure analysis, High Voltage BCD technologies
This role has been open 28 days — well below the 57-day median for Device Engineering roles.
Device Engineering · Device Physics
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Open roles in category
141
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Median days open
57 d
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Median salary
$164k
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| Metric | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (141 roles · 36 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 141 |
| Median days open | 28 d | 57 d (−29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $164k |
Skills observed across this category: ESD and Latch-Up design reviews, ESD protection structures, HBM, CDM, TLP methodologies, silicon debug, reliability investigations, failure analysis, High Voltage BCD technologies
Who's hiring in this category
- GlobalFoundries · 24 open roles · median 71 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 83 d
- Intel Corporation · 10 open roles · median 17 d
- Renesas Electronics (this employer) · 9 open roles · median 28 d
- STMicroelectronics · 8 open roles · median 49 d
- Infineon Technologies · 7 open roles · median 26 d
How we counted: 141 open Device Engineering (Device Physics) roles from 36 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 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. Figures refresh nightly.