Director of Test and Silicon Validation- PWR Products
Renesas
Plano, TX, United States
Deidrick Solomon has more than 20 years of experience in semiconductor test, new test technology development, and operations. in 2023, he joined Renesas to manage test and silicon validation teams developing automotive products. In 2024, assumed his current role of managing test, silicon validation, sustaining teams in Europe, US, and Asia while leading test strategy for the Power Product Group in Renesas. Deidrick received his BSEE from New Mexico State University and joined Texas Instruments in 2001 working with military and automotive products in Sherman, TX. In 2005, he moved to Tucson, AZ and helped modernize the probe test fleet for precision analog products by developing new test solutions targeting new test platforms while greatly improving throughput and lowering test cost. In 2009, he returned to Dallas and lead a team working on post release improvements before becoming the worldwide test conversion manager tasked with modernizing test in factories throughout the world. During this activity, a substantial fleet of obsolete test cells were decomminssioned and replaced with modern and more cost effective options capable of delivering improved throughput. In 2014, Deidrick formed an emerging technology group developing advanced testing of laser trim, magnetics, and high voltage which produced several key innovations and enabled growth in these product areas. He was a longtime member of the technical ladder, is a patent holder and drove several high impact developments and cost reduction strategies enabling substantial growth.
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