Staff Application Engineer

Renesas Electronics; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor provider in the UK is seeking a Senior / Staff Applications Engineer to provide support for automotive and non-automotive applications. This role requires a strong technical background in power electronics and experience in debugging and characterization. The ideal candidate will assist with product definitions, generate technical documentation, and support marketing and customer inquiries. The position offers opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative and innovative environment.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Inclusive company culture

Opportunities for career advancement

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience on switching mode power supply topologies.
• Hands-on experience debugging and characterizing circuits.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Ability to handle multiple issues in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Help with product definition and characterizing functionality.
• Generate customer-facing technical documents.
• Support marketing and sales with technical assistance.
• Evaluate physical silicon devices at board level.
• Drive cross-functional interactions to resolve product issues.

Skills

Power electronics background

Lab debugging and characterization

Ability to identify root causes

Knowledge of digital processors

Analog and digital circuit design

Self-motivated and goals-oriented

Multi-tasking under pressure

Knowledge of Python

Automotive application knowledge

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Power supplies

Digital oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

Senior / Staff Applications Engineering position in Renesas Power group for both automotive and non-automotive applications. This team develops the highest performance integrated power management IC solutions. The environment is highly dynamic and very fast paced. All team members are fully empowered to make decisions within the scope of their job function and are expected to be relentlessly focused on achieving project goals no matter what the obstacles may be.

As a Senior / Staff Customer Applications Engineer you should be able to provide support to both internal and external customers for a range of existing and future Renesas PMIC products. Primary functions include helping with product definition characterization generating customer facing technical collateral providing customer technical support and failure analysis. Interfacing with customers FAEs and cross function teams including design / product / test / quality / FuSa and marketing to provide technical and application support for our products.

A general Can Do attitude is required to engage with a wide range of customer issues or Marketing requests that may be outside of one’s comfort zone. The role is predominantly office based due to the use of lab facilities.

Responsibilities

Help with product definition and characterization of functionality. Generate customer facing technical collateral such as datasheets application notes tech brief technical promotion slides training material evaluation boards reference designs circuit models parameter calculation tools PCB layout guidelines etc.

Support marketing / Sales / FAEs to facilitate the design-in of our products as well as providing technical assistance to address customer technical questions such as customer circuit design review debug troubleshooting and field return analysis.

Perform physical silicon device evaluation at board level based on defined evaluation plans including understanding the silicon behavior and functionality in detail.

Drive cross functional interactions with Design System FuSa Test Product and Quality Engineering to resolve product issues.

Qualifications

• Strong power electronics backgrounds with 510 years of experience on switching mode power supply topologies components loop control theory analog and digital circuit communication protocols
• Hands‑on experience and ability in lab debugging probing and characterizing circuit and silicon using a mixture of custom‑made and standard equipment such as power supplies e‑load digital oscilloscopes spectrum analyzers etc.
• Ability to debug any unexpected issue and identify the root cause
• Knowledge and experience of power supply for digital processors.
• Board level analog and digital circuit design expertise and PCB schematic design
• Ability to work with limited instructions and confident to approach others to discuss more challenging issues.
• Self‑motivated conscientious and work well in a team environment. Goals‑oriented and able to deliver on‑time results under customer driven schedules. Ability to work with minimal instructions and available to support team members and share own expertise.
• Ability to work on and support multiple customer issues in parallel muti‑tasking in a fast‑paced environment. Drive tasks under pressure to meet urgent internal and external deliverables.
• Knowledge of Python for automation of lab tests Simplis / Spice modeling.
• Automotive application experience and knowledge are preferred such as ISO26262 ISO16750 LV124 EMC etc.
• Minimum bachelors in electrical engineering or computer science.

Additional Information

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 21000 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 power‑efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow To Make Our Lives Easier .

At Renesas you can :

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers evolving needs and help make peoples lives easier safe and secure.
• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people‑first culture and global support system including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups will help you excel from the first day.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark

Join Renesas. Lets Shape the Future together.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex race religion national origin gender gender identity gender expression age sexual orientation military status veteran status or any other basis protected by law. For more information please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in‑office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation collaboration and continuous learning.

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full‑time

Key Skills

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• Engineering Support
• Maintenance Engineering
• Accident Investigation
• Branding

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1