Customer Technical Lead

Renesas Electronics; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Renesas Electronics is searching for an experienced Customer Technical Lead in San Jose, California, to innovate and deliver solutions for datacenter products. You will work closely with customers and cross-functional teams to define roadmaps and achieve compelling system-level outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and a strong understanding of power efficiency in AI applications. The position offers a competitive salary range of $170K–$215K, alongside bonus opportunities.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience with CPUs and high-current ASICs power architecture.
• Comprehension of magnetics design and power device driver challenges.

Responsibilities

• Drive innovation in power solutions for datacenter products.
• Interface with customers to gather insights on challenges.
• Support design, firmware, and software teams.

Skills

Multi-disciplinary experience in semiconductor industry

Understanding of power architecture

Experience with multiphase VRs

Technical communication skills

High-level modeling tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree or higher in power engineering

Job description

Renesas Electronics, a leading global semiconductor company, is rapidly scaling its AI‑focused power delivery business to capture a dominant share of the high‑performance computing market. The Performance Computing Power (PCP) division seeks an experienced Customer Technical Lead to shape the next generation of datacenter products.

Job Description

In this role, you will drive innovation and deliver best‑in‑class solutions addressing power efficiency and density challenges for datacenter products serving the most critical AI customers. You will work directly with customers to define roadmaps aligned with their platforms, guided by compelling system‑level outcomes, ensuring Renesas remains dominant in this space. You will engage cross‑functionally with a diverse team—including marketing, design, packaging, and applications engineering—to turn good ideas into reality.

Responsibilities

• Interface with customer systems engineers to understand big‑scope perspective on challenges and value drivers.
• Analyze various VR approaches to determine how they fit in the big picture from a customer’s point of view.
• Build critical collateral to evangelize proposals and support customer engagement.
• Prepare executive‑summary level material to drive high‑level discussions with senior leaders and key customers.
• Directly support top‑tier customer engagements to gain consensus on proposals and help drive them to revenue.
• Maintain key customer relationships to enable early market visibility.
• Work with Renesas functional teams to find the best path to customer delight.
• Support design, firmware, and software teams during execution with clarification or necessary compromise.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of multi‑disciplinary experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Understanding of general power architecture and product types related to CPUs and other high‑current ASICs.
• Experience with multiphase VRs or other datacenter‑related power products.
• Comprehension of topics including magnetics design, passive component selection, power device driver challenges, and real‑world implementation challenges.
• Experience with embedded SoCs including cross‑functional collaboration with HW/FW/SW teams.
• Excellent technical and executive communication skills.
• Experience with high‑level modeling tools like SIMPLIS is a plus.

Education

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree or higher in power engineering preferred.

Compensation

The expected annual pay range for this position is $170K–$215K. This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities. Please note that the final offer amount will depend on the candidate’s geographic location, relevant experience, and skill set.

Renesas Electronics is an equal‑opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating 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 federal, state, or local law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual‑use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.