Principal Application Engineer

Company Description

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world.

Job Description

Senior Applications Engineer – Low Power Core Product Line

Renesas is actively seeking an experienced and dynamic experience technical professional to fill the role of Senior Applications Engineer for the Low Power Core product line. The Low Power Core product line, part of the Performance Computing Power (PCP) division, develops high‑performance digital multiphase voltage regulators, Smart Power Stages and PMICs targeting the Client Computing market, including the fast-growing AI-PCs, Gaming and graphics markets. As part of Renesas’s Low Power Core Product Line, you will play an active technical role in the entire life cycle of products providing Applications support to a WW customer base.

Primary responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Customer support (including on-site support) to analyze, debug and resolve issues quickly
• Product promotion and design-in support, as well as support for sustaining products
• Developing technical collateral and documentation (e.g. datasheet, application notes, design guidelines, benchmarking/competitive analysis)
• Design evaluation kits – schematic design, board layout, software/GUI development
• Demos for tradeshows
• Work closely with local and remote teams (FAE’s, design, test / product engineering, marketing) to perform the tasks listed above
• Collaborate closely with the rest of the internal organization and play a pivotal role in defining follow-on products and roadmaps

Qualifications

• Self-motivated, passionate individual, comfortable delivering to a deadline in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to analyze, debug, and solve a wide variety of problems.
• Understands importance of customers and strives to provide timely support.
• Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience with Power Management (e.g./ DC-DC Converters, Battery Management ICs, PMICs) and power management topologies, circuits, and applications.
• Understanding of analog, mixed signal, and power electronics and systems
• Very good knowledge of control theory, closed loop compensation, stability analysis, phase margin, etc.
• Proficient with product characterization equipment such as oscilloscope, power supplies, electronic load, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer and function generator
• Ability to create and maintain strong customer relationships, and to attend and actively engage in high profile meetings with key customers.
• Work across time zones with a worldwide team.
• Take ownership of project tasks and responsibilities – plan and execute to meet project milestones and deadlines, and customer deliverables.
• Prior experience as an application engineer in the semiconductor industry or board level electronic design engineer
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Additional Information

Education/Experience

• BS in Electrical Engineering. MS is a plus.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the Semiconductor industry in a hands-on role.

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at www.renesas.com.

Renesas’ mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.