Principal Application Engineer
The CORE Power Team is seeking an enthusiastic Principle Applications Engineer who will be responsible for the development and qualification of high-performance DC-DC power converter products as well as working with FAEs and external customers to bring these products into production. Renesas’ advanced control architectures allow a challenging arena for Strong Engineers. The job entails working with cross-functional groups to continually push the envelope of technology implemented in Renesas products.
Responsibilities:
The candidate will participate in the entire product development cycle of power management ICs, such as Buck Regulators, Boost and Buck-Boost Architectures, PMICS, and multi-phase regulators. Primary responsibilities will include:
- Contribute/own product-level definition of innovative and differentiated products.
- Product Validation and Characterization
- Technical Documentation (e.g. datasheet, application note, and design guidelines)
- Setup and execute Simplis simulations of power converter circuits and systems
- Training of Field Applications Engineers as well as customer engineers.
- Customer Support, including offsite support at customer facilities
- System Level Testing and Characterization
- Work closely with local and remote teams (FAEs, design/test/product/reliability engineering and marketing) to perform the tasks listed above.
- In addition, this role should also be able to influence Design Architecture development
- Up to 15% travel is required as needed.
- Education: MSEE with an emphasis in Power Electronics with 12+ years applicable experience as Principle Applications Engineer, OR
- PhD with an emphasis in Power Electronics with 8+ years of applicable experience as Principle Applications Engineer.
- Position is in Morrisville, NC.
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 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 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.
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