Staff Application Engineer – High-Speed Interfaces & System Validation
Focus on system validation and compliance testing for memory modules, controllers, and USB protocols.
Originally posted 12 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Staff Application Engineer, you will focus on system-level validation, implementation, and optimization of memory systems and USB protocols. The role centers on validation within memory modules and controllers, bench automation, and resolving customer application issues.
What you'll do
- Execute bench measurements and validation of new products across memory modules and controllers to ensure compliance with industry standards and customer requirements.
- Conduct system-level analysis across memory modules to evaluate performance and develop strategies to improve power efficiency.
- Build and maintain bench automation software, simulation models, and tools for chip, board, and system-level data collection and analysis.
- Provide direct customer technical support to resolve application-level issues, integration problems, and complex power-related challenges.
- Collaborate with design, product, test, and packaging engineering teams to meet target performance and specification requirements.
- Author technical documentation, including validation reports, test plans, datasheets, application notes, and power analysis reports.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in power management, USB protocol compliance testing, memory system design, or related fields.
- Hands-on experience with bench validation of analog, digital, and power management devices.
- Strong knowledge of USB physical layer measurements and electrical compliance testing, including high-speed tests, jitter, eye diagram analysis, EOP width, mask testing, and ringing.
- Working knowledge of analog and mixed-signal circuits, including amplifiers, temperature sensors, ADC, DAC, and voltage regulators.
- Test automation experience using LabVIEW, Python, or similar programming languages.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 3+ years of focus on DDR5 or similar high-speed memory technologies.
- Familiarity with DDR JEDEC standards and protocols.
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 41-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · DFT Test
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Open roles in category
661
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Median days since first seen
41 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$176k
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| Metric | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (661 roles · 85 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 51 | 661 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 110 | 2436 · 120 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 30 d | 41 d (+11 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $176k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 86 open roles · median 41 d
- Infineon Technologies · 48 open roles · median 35 d
- Renesas Electronics (this employer) · 48 open roles · median 35 d
- Texas Instruments · 34 open roles · median 48 d
- Qualcomm · 30 open roles · median 55 d
- Micron Technology · 26 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 661 open Silicon Test Engineering (DFT Test) roles from 85 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 12 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, and is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.