Principal Applications Engineer

Job Description
The Core Power Team is seeking an enthusiastic Senior Staff Application Engineer who will be responsible for the development and qualification of high-performance DC-DC power converter products as well as working with FAEs and external customers to bring these products into production. Renesas’ advanced control architectures allow a challenging arena for strong engineers. The job entails working with cross-functional groups to continually push the envelope of technology implemented in Renesas products.
The location for this position is Morrisville, NC
Responsibilities:
The candidate will participate in the entire product development cycle of power management IC’s, such as buck converters, boost converters, and buck-boost converters, PMICs and multi-phase regulators. Primary responsibilities will include:
• contribute to the definition of innovative and differentiated products
• product validation and characterization (hands-on work in the lab)
• technical documentation (e.g. datasheet, application note, and design guidelines)
• set up and execute Simplis simulations of power converter circuits and systems
• training of field applications engineers as well as customer engineers
• customer support, including off-site support at customer facilities
• system level testing and characterization
• work closely with local and remote teams (FAE’s, design/test/product/reliability engineering, and marketing) to perform the tasks listed above