Sr Staff Field Applications Engineer (FAE)

Overview

In this role you act as the technical lead for analog and power solutions, guiding system-level design engagements and supporting customers from concept to production. You collaborate with cross-functional teams to align Analog, Power, Processor, and Connectivity subsystems, driving design-in to design-win outcomes. You’ll translate deep component knowledge into scalable system solutions and provide hands-on debugging and guidance to accelerate customer designs. Your work helps shape product strategy through field feedback and technical enablement activities.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive benefits package

Responsibilities

• Lead analog & power design discussions and perform design reviews at system level
• Support pre- and post-design activities including technology introduction, component selection, and issue resolution
• Drive evaluations and competitive positioning for Renesas analog and power portfolio
• Ensure integration across Analog, Power, Processor, and Connectivity subsystems in customer designs
• Provide direct technical guidance to customers to accelerate concepts to production
• Deliver field feedback to product divisions for roadmap prioritization and gap analysis
• Develop and deliver customer trainings and internal enablement content

Key requirements

• Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering
• Strong experience in Analog and Power Electronics (customer-facing or design role)
• Proven system-level power architecture design experience
• Schematic and PCB layout review experience with power integrity and thermal considerations
• Bench characterization, validation, and debug of power systems
• Ability to work across domains with MCUs/MPUs, DDR, high-speed interfaces, and connectivity subsystems
• Hands-on lab proficiency with oscilloscopes, power analyzers, thermal analysis, and transient measurements
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex concepts to customers
• Self-driven, collaborative, and able to own complex engagements
• Willingness to travel to customer premises for multi-day engagements

• Strong communication
• Collaborative
• Self-driven
• Power conversion and management (Buck/Boost, PMICs, LDOs)
• Power tree sequencing
• Battery-powered system design

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