Senior Director, Application Engineering

Renesas Electronics Corporation; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Renesas Electronics Corporation in Austin, TX, seeks a Sr. Director of Applications in the Performance Computing Power division to build and lead an organization that turns Renesas silicon into design wins among AI and compute customers.

You own the technical relationship from architecture conversations to production ramp and serve as the voice of the customer inside the NPI process. You will recruit, develop leaders, and scale the team, drive enablement through automation and reference designs,

Qualifications

• Proven organizational leadership with experience building and scaling teams.
• Deep experience in datacenter and server power delivery architectures.
• Experience leading technical engagements with hyperscale, OEM, ODM, or ASIC customers.
• Ability to align cross-functional organizations and make decisive trade-offs under schedule pressure.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale the organization, including recruiting, onboarding, and talent development.
• Grow frontline managers and technical leads and establish operating cadence for a fast-growing team.
• Scale customer enablement through automation, design guides, and simulation models.
• Own the reference design portfolio for AI and compute power delivery, delivered ahead of customer windows.
• Manage technical escalations end-to-end and feed learnings back into the roadmap.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational leadership

Datacenter power expertise

Customer-facing seniority

Cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job Description

The Position

AI and high-performance compute have made the voltage regulator one of the defining constraints on performance, efficiency, and total cost of ownership. As Sr. Director of Applications in the Performance Computing Power division, you willbuild andleadanorganization that turns Renesas silicon into design wins at the world’s most demanding AI and compute customers — owning the technical relationship from first architecture conversation through productionramp, andserving as the voice of the customer inside our NPIprocess.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and scale the organization.Own recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and talent development as a first-order personal responsibility, growing the team rapidlyand toseveral times its current size to meet accelerating customer demand.

• Develop leaders and structure.Growfront-line managers and technical leads.Developorganizational structure and operating cadence that letsa fast-growing global team stay accountable, fast, and close to the customer.

• Scale customer enablementthroughautomation, design guides, simulationmodelsand other high leverage means.

• Own the reference design portfoliofor AI and compute power delivery —delivered ahead of customer windows.

• Own technical escalationsend to endand close the loop from field learning back into theroadmap.

Qualifications

• Proven organizational leadership.Demonstratedtrack recordof building and scaling technical teams through periods of rapid growth, including managing managers, with a personal record of recruiting, developing, andretainingtop engineering talent.

• Datacenter powerexpertise.Deep experience with datacenter and server power delivery architectures spanning rack and bus bar distribution through intermediate conversion to the point of load.

• Customer-facing seniority.Experience leading technical engagements with hyperscale, OEM, ODM, or ASIC customers, with the executive communication skills to be credible with engineers and senior decision makers alike.

• Cross-functional influence.Ability to align cross-functional organizations without direct authority and make decisive trade-offs under schedule pressure.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineeringor a related discipline with 15+ years of relevant experience; or an advanced degree (MS or PhD) with 12+ years of relevant experience.

• Substantialportionof that experience in power electronics, power management semiconductors, or datacenter power delivery, including direct people-leadership responsibility. Domestic and international travel to customer and Renesas sites isrequired.

Company Description

At Renesas, we are more than just a semiconductor company; we are the engine behind a "safer, smarter, and more sustainable" future. Headquartered locally in the heart of San Jose, CA, we are at the forefront of innovation in Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT technologies. By blending cutting‑edge embedded processing with world‑class analog and power expertise, we develop "Winning Combinations" that power billions of intelligent devices globally. Joining us means joining a collaborative, forward‑thinking environment where your work directly impacts the next generation of AI‑driven infrastructure and green energy solutions.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.

At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?

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.

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.