# Principal Analog Sustaining Engineer

A key technical engineer tasked with investigating and resolving field failures and customer-reported issues on top-tier automotive PMIC products. Operating at the intersection of silicon behavior, system-level debugging, and customer interaction, lead root cause analysis from initial RMA intake to final resolution and knowledge sharing. Collaborate closely with customer applications teams, FA labs, and cross-functional engineering groups to deliver reliable, data-driven solutions for our customers. Principal Accountabilities RMA Onboarding & Reproduction Setup: Review RMA documentation and debug history to understand failure symptoms; set up simulation and/or hardware debug environments to reproduce reported issues. Waveform & Silicon Analysis: Collect and analyze waveforms, run analog simulations, and review RTL/netlist to identify potential failure mechanisms and silicon behavior anomalies. Collaborative Debugging: Work closely with customer applications teams to align on debugging focus, share regular status and progress updates, and drive structured investigation plans. Advanced Failure Analysis: Initiate further analysis where required (e.g., FA lab), interpret results, and

- **Id**: 3996891
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/renesas-electronics-principal-analog-sustaining-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T20:32:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T12:32:03Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5916
- **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**: 0.99
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 32
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Verilog** — Optional: no

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

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

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T01:34:18Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 60 · green card filings: 30; Filings 12m: 60

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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