Sr. Application Engineer

Renesas Electronics Corporation Remote
engineer design electronics team characterization analysis ic semiconductor infrastructure onsite virtual engineering mixed signal
September 30, 2022
Renesas Electronics Corporation
Santa Clara County, CA, San Jose, CA
OTHER
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Job Description Preferred location: onsite (San Jose, CA) with occasional WFH/Virtual option Secondary location option : onsite (Duluth, GA), with occasional WFH/Virtual option The candidate will participate in the entire product development cycle of Renesas' high performance PMIC's for industrial, infrastructure and consumer power applications.

Primary responsibilities will include: customer support (including on-site support) to analyze, debug and resolve issues quickly.

new silicon validation and characterization (hands-on work in the lab) developing technical documentation (e.g.

datasheet, application notes, and design guidelines) product promotion and design-in support, as well as support for sustaining products failure analysis support competitive analysis system level testing and characterization work closely with local and remote teams (FAE's, design, test / product engineering, marketing) to perform the tasks listed above Competencies : skills, knowledge, experience 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.

Understand importance of customers and strive to provide timely support.

Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience with operational amplifiers, analog/mixed signal, and power management ICs topologies, circuits, and applications.

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 Understanding of analog, mixed signal, and power electronics and systems Excellent verbal and written communication skills Understand DC/DC buck, boost, buck-boost, charge pump, LDO converter topologies 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.

Able to occasionally use soldering equipment and have knowledge of hand assembly with SMT devices PCB design (OrCad, Cadence) for switching regulators and high-speed amplifier IC evaluation and demonstration boards: circuit design, schematic capture, layout, component selection Programming and laboratory automation experience (e.g.

C/C++, VB6, VB.NET, LabVIEW, Python) Circuit modeling and simulation tools -SIMPLIS/SIMetrix, Cadence, Spice Familiarity with multi-phase DC/DC regulator architectures is highly desirable Familiarity with analog circuits and/or IC design including op-amps, DACs, ADCs, LDOs is desirable Education Expectation minimum : the candidate should have BSEE 5 years, or MSEE 3 years of industry experience in power management IC or related applications engineering LI-GB1 Renesas Electronics America 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.

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