Senior Staff Test Engineer - Austin, United States
Originally posted 5 October 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on ATE test development for analog power products.
About the role
This Senior Staff Test Engineer role involves developing test programs and supporting qualification, characterization, and correlation of developed products.
What you'll do
- Develop test programs to support NPI, quality, and capability initiatives.
- Support qualification, characterization, and correlation of developed products.
- Train and guide junior team members to build their skills and capabilities.
- Work with leadership to implement processes, procedures, guidelines, and specifications for the test group.
- Act as a test platform expert on ATE equipment.
- Support production yield and customer return activities.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- 10 to 15+ years of experience with Automated Test Systems (ATE).
- 10 to 15+ years of hands-on experience in ATE test development for analog, digital, and mixed signal, with a strong focus on analog power product testing.
- Experience in programming such as C++, basic, Perl, or python.
- Experience in testing and collecting data on IC chips or circuits using Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, or Spectrum Analyzers.
- Proficient with ATE analog digital instruments, PCB layout parasitic reduction, and strong debug/troubleshooting experience.
- Hands-on experience in debugging analog products with serial bus interfaces.
- Experience with test hardware and test program development.
This role has been open 4 days — well below the 24-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · DFT Test
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Open roles in category
523
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Median days open
24 d
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Median salary
$169k
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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 (523 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 39 | 523 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 115 | 2209 · 111 employers |
| Median days open | 24 d | 24 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 67 open roles · median 21 d
- Infineon Technologies · 39 open roles · median 35 d
- Renesas Electronics (this employer) · 39 open roles · median 24 d
- AMD · 28 open roles · median 36 d
- Micron Technology · 28 open roles · median 30 d
- Qualcomm · 25 open roles · median 23 d
How we counted: 523 open Silicon Test Engineering (DFT Test) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.