Job Description

As a Principal Test Engineer, you will be responsible to apply a broad level of expertise and knowledge in test discipline, leading and contributing to the development of the company objectives and principles to achieve goals in creative and effective ways. You will need to provide leadership and training. You will own the schedule and work on issues that impact program success and future concepts and products. You will need to work with limited information and full ability to make transparent judgements. Long term view is required to align with strategics goals and objectives as results may impact multiple functions. You will need to network with key decision makers to determine future direction. You are recognized as an expert by leadership and teams. You can provide technical leading both internal and with external community and vendors. You may serve as an organization spokesperson. Maintain stable work relationships for exchanging information with colleagues and leadership to collaboratively solve problems. You will need to coordinate with different groups and maintain stable work relationships for exchanging information with colleagues and leadership

This role is a key technical position combining deep hands-on expertise with strategic influence across product development and production. As a senior individual contributor,



the selected candidate will define and lead test methodologies, guide complex technical decisions, and act as a reference point for the broader engineering team.

Renesas Electronics, a leading global semiconductor company, is rapidly scaling investing in power delivery business. Products include Point of loads (POL), Hotswap/Efuse, Drivers.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end test strategy definition for new product development, ensuring scalability, quality, and cost efficiency

- Define and drive adoption of best-in-class test methodologies, test plan development, DFT approaches, and ATE hardware design

- Act as technical leader and mentor for test engineers, supporting capability growth across the team

- Ensure robust production release, including high coverage, test time optimization, and manufacturability

- Lead root cause analysis and yield improvement initiatives, applying advanced statistical and data-driven techniques

- Collaborate cross-functionally with Design, Product Engineering, Operations, and Quality teams worldwide

- Provide technical leadership in customer interactions, escalations, and quality investigations

- Influence test roadmap and long-term strategy, aligning with business and product requirements

- Support cost reduction initiatives through test optimization and efficiency improvements

📌 Principal ATE Test Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 renesas electronics
📍 Bengaluru