Renesas Electronics: Principal Product Engineer — Bengaluru, KA, India

About Renesas Electronics

Renesas Electronics develops semiconductors for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and connected-device applications. Its employer description identifies microcontrollers, system-on-chip devices, analogue components and power products within its portfolio. These components form part of electronic systems made by other manufacturers. Renesas also describes combining complementary products into solutions for customers, connecting individual chips with the needs of an end application. Its business therefore involves both semiconductor technology and how that technology is used in wider electronic products.

The position and its setting

Renesas Electronics lists Principal Product Engineer in Bengaluru, KA, India, under reference 20033827_2026-09-22. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 23 September 2026
• Brands: Renesas Electronics

Responsibilities and work described

• IFI organization is seeking a Principal Product Engineer to provide end-to-end ownership from engineering material planning through qualification, characterization, product release and volume-production support
• In this role, the principal product engineer acts as the lead within the project and owns the characterization, qualification plan, production release, and industrial activities
• Own the assigned product lifecycle from concept and first silicon through qualification, production release, sustaining and end of life
• Drive first-silicon bring-up and debug with Design, Test, Applications teams
• Plan and coordinate voltage, temperature and process characterization, including production limit setting and guard-banding
• Create and maintain product BOMs and product lifecycle data in PLM systems such as Agile
• Work: with planning, manufacturing, subcontractors and operations teams to remove material-flow obstacles and recover schedule gaps
• Own qualification planning and execution in accordance with applicable JEDEC and AEC requirements
• Preparation: product-release documentation, datasheet compliance evidence and automotive compliance reports as applicable
• Monitoring: production data and use statistical analysis to identify and correct yield, quality and test-time deficiencies
• Drive yield improvement
• Optimize PAT, SYL, SBL, SPC and disposition limits to protect outgoing quality
• Support: fab transfer and BOM change activities
• Support: customer-return and RMA investigations by reproducing failures and assessing production test coverage
• Technical Leadership
• Delivery: technical direction, sign off reviews

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering or industrial engineering
• At least 15 years of relevant semiconductor experience spanning product engineering, NPI, manufacturing, test
• Practical understanding of semiconductor wafer fabrication, assembly, test, qualification and production-release flows
• Experience managing engineering wafer starts, prototype builds, customer samples, inventory and product BOMs
• Knowledge: SoC and mixed-signal device testing, common circuit building blocks, device behaviour and semiconductor test methodology
• Familiarity: ATE platforms such as Teradyne J750 or Advantest V93000, and with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies and digital multimeters
• Familiarity: JEDEC/AEC qualification standards, qualification hardware/software and semiconductor failure analysis
• Experience: PLM and yield-management tools such as Agile, PDF Exensio or JMP
• Experience working with external foundries, OSATs, subcontractors and globally distributed product teams
• Experience: failure analysis methods
• Experience using data and statistical methods to manage yield, quality, cycle time and operational priorities
• Analytical, planning, coordination and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to work under schedule pressure
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Bengaluru, KA, India

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Principal Product Engineer vacancy is not an offer for reference 20033827_2026-09-22; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

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How to apply to Renesas Electronics

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official Renesas Electronics posting below and match the title and reference 20033827_2026-09-22.

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Practical preparation: manufacturing

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Relevant skills

• manufacturing
• compliance
• stakeholder management
• laboratory testing
• inventory
• communication