Senior Application Engineer

Job Description

As Product Definer for the High Density Power team, you will be a key player driving innovation, defining next-generation product roadmaps, delivering best in class solutions addressing power efficiency and density challenges and writing product specifications (PRDs) in the AI Smart Power Stage server space and related applications. You will engage cross functionally with a diverse team including IC design, Applications, Marketing, and other engineering teams to turn good ideas into reality.

Key Responsibilities

This role combines deep knowledge of system level challenges from a customer perspective with knowledge of multiphase power, VR system technologies, IC design techniques, power architectures, trade-offs between competing priorities and others to arrive at optimal definitions for new products. You will use your understanding of system level considerations from the high-performance server customer to steer architecture and product roadmaps. Once validated and approved for execution, you will also have responsibility for capturing the ideas into a PRD that will be used as the guideline for the execution team. You will identify critical avenues of long-term value creation to support building a durable long-term business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Interface with customer systems engineers to understand big-scope perspective on challenges and value drivers.
• Own and write the device specification throughout the device execution cycle: from concept to product release.
• Build critical collateral to evangelize proposals and support customer engagement.
• Directly support top tier customer engagements to gain consensus on proposals and help drive them to revenue.
• Maintain key customer relationships to enable early market visibility.
• Be up-to speed on new innovations across the industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 to 8 years of relevant semiconductor and systems experience. 
• MS degree in engineering (EE – power electronics desired).
• This role requires deep technical strength in high performance power management related to AI processors/accelerators. 
• Broad technical capability/exposure will be combined with excellent technical communication skills.

Additional Information

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 have evolved to 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 21,000 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, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our 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.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.

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.