Staff Application Engineer

Job Purpose

Hardware application engineer role for DC-DC converters in server, telecom, and industrial applications. Products include both digital and analog converters. Own subsystem-level validation of functionality, telemetry, and digital control features. Develop validation plans, hardware, and execute tests including stress and corner cases. Collaborate with product line systems, design and validation engineers to ensure robust validation and integration into customer designs. Work with customers to support with usage of Renesas products.

• Collaborate with product line system, design and validation engineers to develop evaluation board validation plans.
• Design and develop test hardware for high-current buck converter validation.
• Create and maintain test automation scripts for PMBus telemetry and control.
• Debug and resolve hardware, firmware, and silicon issues related switching and linear converters.
• Interactions with internal marketing/sales teams and customers for support on existing and new products.
• Develop application notes, calculators and reference designs for server and telecom power architectures.
• Perform efficiency, thermal, transient response & other electrical characterization.

• Masters in Electrical or Electronics Engineering with 5+ years experience.
• Strong expertise in power electronics, switching regulators, control theory, and PMBus protocol.
• Hands‑on experience with PCB schematics/layout and CAD tools.
• Familiarity with power integrity analysis and simulation tools (PSpice, Simplis, MATLAB).
• Experience with EMI/ESD compliance and thermal management

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.

• Proven track record in new product validation for power converters.
• Ability to design and maintain electrical test benches for high-current DC/DC converters.
• Execute validation and characterization of mixed-signal ICs per validation plans.
• Skilled in power integrity simulations, schematic design, and layout optimization.
• Proficient with lab equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, power analyzer, bode analyzer).
• Strong communication, technical presentation, and documentation skills.
• Results‑oriented and able to deliver under tight schedules.

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,…