# Hardware Engineer

Job Summary This Hardware Engineer role coordinates the end-to-end design, RFQ, and production release process for Automated Test Equipment (ATE) hardware like Change-kits, sockets, load boards and probe cards. The position serves as a vendor point of contact to manage technical follow-ups, inventory tools, budgets, and cross-functional forecasts for timely production availability. Additionally, the engineer performs basic technical evaluations, debugging, and data collection to drive hardware optimization and cost improvement initiatives Key Responsibilities: Main contact with ATE hardware vendors for technical, commercial and operational aspects. Manage and monitor spending budget for ATE hardware, Manage and maintain the tool/system for ATE hardware request and tracking hardware inventory. Identify and execute areas for Gross Margin Improvement Initiatives in areas related to load boards, probe cards, test sockets, change kits. Interface with cross-functional (Product Group’s engineering, operation etc.) teams for forecast on ATE hardware and execute to support NPI timeline, revenue and capacity Assist in basic technical evaluation and validation of ATE hardware (e.g., sockets,

- **Id**: 3954059
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/renesas-electronics-hardware-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bayan Lepas, Malaysia
- **Countries**: MY
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T06:14:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T06:44:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3319
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, Automotive Components, Analog & Power Semiconductors

## Company

- **Id**: 3481
- **Name**: Renesas Electronics
- **Domain**: renesas.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/renesas-electronics>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 105
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.981
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 32
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T06:44:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T07:32:41Z

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