Mgr, Application Engineering

Applications Engineering Manager position in Renesas’s Power group for both automotive and non-automative applications. This team develops the highest performance integrated power management IC solutions. The environment is highly dynamic and very fast paced. All team members are fully empowered to make decisions within the scope of their job function and are expected to be relentlessly focused on achieving project goals no matter what the obstacles may be.

As the Applications Engineering Manager, you should be able to lead an application engineering team in Asia, provide support to both internal and external customers, for a range of existing and future Renesas PMIC products. Primary function includes leading the team, helping in product definition, characterization, generating customers facing technical collaterals, providing customer technical support and failure analysis. Interface with customers, FAEs and cross function teams including design/product/test/quality/FuSa/marketing, to provide technical and application support for our products. Key to success is establishing customer relationships, leading the team in customer design wins and working diligently through any customer issues that arise.

Responsibilities:

• Direct and lead the technical application engineering team in go-to-market and customer design-in activities for PMIC products in automotive and non-automotive applications.
• Generate customers facing technical collateral such as datasheets, application notes, tech brief, technical promotion slides and training material, evaluation boards, reference designs, circuit model, parameter calculation tools, PCB layout guideline, etc. Help product definition and functionality characterization.
• Support marketing/Sales/FAEs to facilitate the design-in of our products as well as providing technical assistance to address customer technical questions such as customer circuit design review, debug, troubleshooting and field return analysis.
• Perform physical silicon device evaluation at board level based on defined evaluation plans, including understanding the silicon behavior and functionality in detail.
• Drive cross functional interactions with Design, System, FuSa, Test, Product and Quality Engineering to resolve product issues.
• Develop and evaluate personnel to ensure efficient team operation and team growth.

The ideal candidate is highly motivated, energetic, and enthusiastic, with excellent communication skills and technical sharpness in power electronics area. They should have:

• 3~5 years’ experience of managing team and projects. Great coaching, leadership, and mentoring skills. Ability to establish relationships with a wider variety of engineering personalities.
•  Strong power electronics backgrounds with 5~10 years of experience on switching mode power supply, topologies, components, loop control theory, simulation and modeling, analog and digital circuit, communication protocols.
• Hands-on experience and ability in lab debugging, probing and characterizing circuit and silicon using a mixture of custom-made and standard equipment such as power supplies, e-load, digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.
• Knowledge and experience of digital processors power supply.
• Board level analog and digital circuit design expertise and PCB schematic design.
• Ability to work on and support multiple customer issues in parallel, muti-tasking, and fast paced environment. Drive tasks under pressure to meet urgent internal and external deliverables
• Self-motivated, conscientious and work well in a team environment. Goals-oriented and able to deliver on-time results under customer driven schedules. Ability to work with minimal instructions and available to support team members and share own expertise.
• Confident and eloquent business communications. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to collaborate with all functions in the organization.
• Automotive application experience and knowledge are preferred, such as ISO26262, ISO16750, etc.
• Graduate degree preferred in electrical engineering or computer science.

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

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.  

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