Principal Application Engineer

Renesas is a global semiconductor company providing hardware and software solutions for a range of cutting-edge technologies including self-driving cars, robots, automated factory equipment, and smart home applications. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of the 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. 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.

The role

  • Partner with customers and FAEs to design and deliver solutions.
  • Interface with customers and FAEs during their design-in and ramp phases to resolve application and device-related issues.
  • Perform physical silicon device evaluation at chip and board level and document errata to support necessary device modifications.
  • Create customer specific documents.
  • Take part in product development process. This includes planning evaluation, supporting collateral development, reporting to management and customers, and reviewing evaluation documents.
  • Independently develop ideas to improve the silicon evaluation and design testing.
  • Drive interactions with Design Engineering, Test Engineering, Product Engineering, Characterization Engineering and Quality Engineering to resolve product issues.
  • Mentor junior applications engineers and assist with the hiring and interview process.

What we are looking for

  • University degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or similar;
  • System or mixed-signal devices development / evaluation / validation skills;
  • Circuit design skills in analog, digital, and mixed-signal domains;
  • Experience in PCB design and debugging;
  • Results-oriented and able to deliver on-time under tight schedule pressure;
  • Ability to work both independently and part of a team;
  • Flexible to undertake occasional international travel at short notice;
  • Intermediate English level.

We offer