Principal Product Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a Principal Product Engineer to join our team in Bayan Lepas, Malaysia, focusing on sustaining engineering activities for high-volume power IC products. This role is critical in ensuring the long-term quality, reliability, and manufacturability of our products. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support mature products in high-volume production, drive yield improvement, resolve customer issues, and extend product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Product Owner: Manage multiple products' lifecycles, production, and compliance. Oversee high-volume AI products mass production manufacturing across all internal factories and subcontractors.
• Process Optimization: Manage excursions, sustain Product COGS improvement, and process optimization such as Yield/Volume/Test Time/failure improvements, manufacturing performance.
• Risk Management: Manage and mitigate risk in PCRB (Process Change Review Board) to keep delivery by supporting product qualifications, second-source/material changes, and process migrations/improvements.
• Disposition of Abnormal Lots: Handle abnormal lots, low-yielding lots, or production issues.
• Cross-Functional Interface: Collaborate with Operation, QA, Reliability, Factory, and OSAT.
• Mentorship: Serve as a mentor for less experienced engineers.
• Product Performance Analysis: Analyze product performance, failure modes, and reliability to support customer returns (RMA/FA).

Requirements

• Proven track record of resolving excursions and improving product COGS for high-volume mass production manufacturing factories and subcontractors.
• Qualifications:
  • At least 12 years’ experience in Product Engineering.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering in Electrical/Electronic, Physics, Computer, or related fields.
  • Proficient in data manipulation and analysis skills. Familiarity with JMP, PDF Exenso is a plus.
  • Strong Product Management skills with a sense of Cost, ROI, and efficiency.
  • Familiarity with Integrated Circuit semiconductor processes.
  • Highly self-motivated, adaptable, and good time management skills.
  • Nice to Have:
    • Product Test Knowledge.
    • Knowledge of Products, IC, modules such as Driver, Power Stage.
    • Experience in Development NPI Product Engineering.
  • Must be able to work onsite.
  • Must have good verbal and written communication skills in English.
  • Good interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.

We Offer

• Competitive benefits package alongside salary.
• Opportunity to work on world-leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT.
• Join a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries.

About the Company

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world-leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.

At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow, and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?