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Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two. Worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 56 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
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No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
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What Renesas Electronics America INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles4 certified filings for “Staff Analog Engineer” (Electronics Engineers, Except Computer) in GA: $137k–$199k, median $161k.
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Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
Details and sources
- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 56 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Renesas Electronics America INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 4 certified filings for “Staff Analog Engineer” (Electronics Engineers, Except Computer) in GA: $137k–$199k, median $161k. Most were filed at wage level IV (67%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
Renesas is seeking a Senior Staff Analog Design Engineer to provide technical leadership in the development of complex Power Management ICs and mixed-signal semiconductor products.
In this role, you will provide technical direction across major analog subsystems and significant product-level design activities. You will solve significant and complex technical problems, influence architecture and design strategy, and help establish best practices for analog and power-management development.
You will work across multiple engineering disciplines, provide technical guidance to experienced designers, and contribute to product and technology decisions from early concept through silicon validation and production.
Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates throughout the United States.
Responsibilities
• Serve as a domain expert and technical leader for complex analog and power-management IC development.
• Lead architecture and design strategy for major analog subsystems and significant portions of PMIC or mixed-signal products.
• Translate customer, product, and system requirements into robust system-, subsystem-, and circuit-level solutions.
• Lead the design and technical review of complex CMOS power-management circuitry from feasibility through production.
• Address significant and unique technical problems involving multiple circuit blocks, disciplines, or system-level interactions.
• Exercise independent technical judgment in selecting architecture, design methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria.
• Anticipate technical risks and drive design strategies to address potential issues before they affect program execution.
• Provide technical direction during design reviews, top-level verification, silicon bring-up, characterization, and root-cause investigation.
• Partner with System Architecture, Digital Design, Verification, Layout, Applications, DFT, Test, and Product Engineering to resolve cross-functional technical challenges.
• Drive improvements in analog design methodologies, reusable IP, verification strategy, and engineering best practices.
• Provide technical guidance, feedback, and solutions to engineers working across multiple projects and technical areas.
• Mentor analog designers and contribute to the development of technical capability across the engineering organization.
• Influence product and technical decisions through engineering judgment, domain expertise, and broad understanding of power-management design.
• Represent the analog-design organization in customer-facing technical discussions and RFQ activities as appropriate.
• Contribute to future product concepts and technical direction based on customer requirements, emerging technologies, and lessons learned from current products.
• Extensive experience in analog or mixed-signal integrated circuit design with demonstrated domain expertise.
• Deep expertise in CMOS analog circuit design, simulation, verification, layout considerations, and silicon behavior.
• Significant experience with power-management ICs or closely related mixed-signal products.
• Demonstrated success leading technically complex IC designs from concept and architecture through silicon and production.
• Experience resolving significant cross-block or system-level analog-design problems.
• Ability to establish technical approaches where precedent or available information may be limited.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience leading design reviews and providing technical direction to experienced engineers.
• Strong understanding of silicon characterization, debugging, verification, qualification, and production considerations.
• Experience developing technical methodologies, reusabl
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