Senior Staff Application Engineer

Senior Staff Application Engineer – Austin, TX

Renesas Performance Computing Power Application engineering team is seeking an individual to work on cutting edge digital power management solutions. A successful candidate will have a strong desire and ability to work in a technically challenging environment with other top performers to continue Renesas’s development of industry leading power management IC’s.

• Support technical marketing through global customer visits to promote products and uncover critical customer needs.
• Use knowledge gained to support marketing business plan activities by providing analysis demonstrating the technical merit of Renesas solutions versus competing solutions.
• Produce technically detailed Product Requirements Document to support creation of design specifications.
• Work with design engineering when conflicts arise between requirements, capabilities and business expectations.
• Participate in FPGA–based design prototyping to verify key features and ensure functions meet expectations.
• Work with design and other staff to find solutions when targets are not met.
• Guide other staff in creation of Applications Validation Plans by using experience to ensure corner cases are covered.
• Develop valuable IP by finding unique solutions to critical customer problems.
• Assist marketing with analysis to support a monetary value of Intellectual Property.
• Interface with key ASIC suppliers to understand requirements and ensure alignment in product development.
• Provide deep technical support and training to advance Renesas’s commercial success.

• Must have an MS in Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of 15 years experience in the power management industry.
• Experience with firmware-enabled products and powering large‑scale application‑specific integrated circuits in the data center market.
• Experience with multiphase DC/DC converters powering Intel/AMD/SoC systems.
• Mixed‑signal integrated circuit/system knowledge/experience.
• Experience with digitally enabled power management products.
• Understanding of control loop theory and its application in power converters.
• Proficiency with lab equipment including network analyzers, oscilloscopes and waveform generators.
• Experience with automation of lab testing.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its purpose “To Make Our Lives Easier.” As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system‑level know‑how, we provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power‑efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow.

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers’ evolving needs.
• Maximize performance and wellbeing in a flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people‑first culture and global support system, including the remote‑work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

Renesas Electronics is an equal‑opportunity and affirmative‑action employer, committed to celebrating 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 federal, state, or local law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual‑use technology that is subject to U.S. export control regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in‑office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.