Senior Director, Application Engineering

Job Description The Position

AI and high-performance compute have made the voltage regulator one of the defining constraints on performance, efficiency, and total cost of ownership. As Sr. Director of Applications in the Performance Computing Power division, you willbuild andleadanorganization that turns Renesas silicon into design wins at the world’s most demanding AI and compute customers — owning the technical relationship from first architecture conversation through production ramp, and serving as the voice of the customer inside our NPIprocess.

• Build and scale the organization.
  
  Own recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and talent development as a first-order personal responsibility, growing the team rapidly and toseveral times its current size to meet accelerating customer demand.

• Develop leaders and structure.
  
  Growfront-line managers and technical leads.
  
  Develop organizational structure and operating cadence that letsa fast-growing global team stay accountable, fast, and close to the customer.

• Scale customer enablementthroughautomation, design guides, simulationmodelsand other high leverage means.

• Own the reference design portfolio for AI and compute power delivery —delivered ahead of customer windows.

• Own technical escalations end to endand close the loop from field learning back into theroadmap.

• Proven organizational leadership.
  
  Demonstrated track recordof building and scaling technical teams through periods of rapid growth, including managing managers, with a personal record of recruiting, developing, andretainingtop engineering talent.

• Datacenter power expertise.
  
  Deep experience with datacenter and server power delivery architectures spanning rack and bus bar distribution through intermediate conversion to the point of load.

• Customer-facing seniority.
  
  Experience leading technical engagements with hyperscale, OEM, ODM, or ASIC customers, with the executive communication skills to be credible with engineers and senior decision makers alike.

• Cross-functional influence.
  
  Ability to align cross-functional organizations without direct authority and make decisive trade-offs under schedule pressure.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineeringor a related discipline with 15+ years of relevant experience; or an advanced degree (MS or PhD) with 12+ years of relevant experience.

• Substantialportionof that experience in power electronics, power management semiconductors, or datacenter power delivery, including direct people-leadership responsibility. Domestic and international travel to customer and Renesas sites is required.

At Renesas, we are more than just a semiconductor company; we are the engine behind a "safer, smarter, and more sustainable" future. Headquartered locally in the heart of San Jose, CA, we are at the forefront of innovation in Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT technologies. By blending cutting‑edge embedded processing with world‑class analog and power expertise, we develop "Winning Combinations" that power billions of intelligent devices globally.

Joining us means joining a collaborative, forward‑thinking environment where your work directly impacts the next generation of AI‑driven infrastructure and green energy solutions.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose,
To Make Our Lives Easier
. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.

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