Senior Principal System Engineer

Overview

Senior Principal System Engineer

Job Description

Responsibilities and requirements focus on customer engagement, cross-domain collaboration, and leadership in power IC/ switching converter design and verification.

• Must have customer facing experience and understand needs of customer. He should be able to articulate those needs to define product requirements.
• Should be able to work across domains to make sure that delivery dates are met. Should be able to work with teams across geographies.
• Must have defined multiple Power ICs with Switching Converters, starting from system level specifications and taking them IC level specifications.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges and risks. Provide technical expertise and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Must be able to work with the product design team to complete the IC development.
• Must be proficient in designing complete switching converters and all involved I/Ps. Should be fully aware of all challenges pertaining to high current/power switching converters design including Noise, Power dissipation etc and their mitigation.
• Should have a very good understanding of Power devices, operations and design trade-offs for better performance & reliability.
• Must have in-depth understanding of and should be able to choose, design & compensate Control loops keeping in mind the target performance.
• Should be able to architect the IC and break down System/Chip-top level requirements into block level specifications.
• Must have good understanding of commonly used control loop architectures (Constant Freq, Constant ON/OFF Time, Current mode etc) and pros/limitations of each.
• Must be able to bring in innovative ideas to improve designs to meet challenging specifications and achieve better system performance.
• Must have in depth knowledge of system simulation tools like Simplis.
• Should be able to mentor Freshers and Junior engineers for upscaling their technical skills as well as other skills needed for better efficacy.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering
• 15+ years in systems engineering with extensive customer facing experience.
• Solid understanding and design experience of complex systems design with full ownership.
• Must be a technical and people leader & natural team player, mentor and should strive towards fostering a highly creative and productive working environment

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.

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