Field Applications Engineer (FAE)

Renesas; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Commission opportunities

Job summary

Renesas Electronics seeks a Staff Field Applications Engineer, Analog & Power, to lead technical engagements with customers and guide designs from concept to production. You will drive power-architecture development, perform design reviews, and collaborate closely with internal teams to align product roadmaps.

The role emphasizes hands-on debugging, lab work, and customer training, with travel up to 20% and opportunities to influence system-solution strategies across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 6+ years of analog and power electronics experience in design, applications, or customer-facing roles.
• Lead customers through analog and power design from architecture to production.
• Strong relationship-building and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience delivering technical presentations, training, and workshops.
• Willingness to travel approximately 10–20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer power architecture development, including power-tree design and device selection.
• Perform design reviews, root-cause analysis, and debugging of analog/power issues.
• Drive product evaluations and competitive positioning for Renesas analog/power portfolio.
• Conduct hands-on lab work: board bring-up, measurement, validation, and failure analysis.
• Support system-level design integration across power, processor, and connectivity subsystems.
• Provide technical guidance to accelerate designs from concept to production and revenue.
• Deliver training sessions, seminars, and enablement content for customers and teams.
• Translate component-level expertise into system-level solutions with customers and teams.

Skills

Analog & Power design leadership

Customer engagement

System-level design

Technical presentations

Debug and troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Power integrity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

• Compensation: USD 130,000 - USD 160,000 - yearly

Company Description

Renesas Electronics is a global semiconductor company delivering innovative solutions in microcontrollers, analog, power, connectivity, and system-on-chip technologies. Our products enable billions of connected devices across the automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT markets. At Renesas, employees collaborate across global teams to develop reliable technologies that help make the world safer, smarter, and more sustainable.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated Staff Field Applications Engineer, Analog & Power, to join our team. This role will serve as the technical lead for analog and power solutions, supporting system-level design engagements with key customers. Responsibilities include pre- and post-design support activities such as schematic review, component selection, technical resource guidance, and issue resolution to help drive design-in and design-win success.

Success in this role requires the ability to translate component-level expertise into system-level solutions, accelerate customer designs from concept through production, and build strong, trusted relationships with customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer power architecture development, including power-tree design, device selection, and system optimization.
• Perform technical design reviews, root-cause analysis, and hands-on debugging of complex analog and power-related issues.
• Drive new product evaluations and competitive positioning for the Renesas analog and power portfolio, including PMICs, DC/DC converters, LDOs, battery-management products, and signal-chain solutions.
• Conduct extensive hands-on laboratory work, including board bring-up, measurement, validation, and failure analysis.
• Support system-level design integration, ensuring alignment among power, processor, and connectivity subsystems.
• Provide direct technical guidance to customers to accelerate designs from concept through production and revenue generation.
• Deliver field feedback to product divisions to influence product roadmaps, feature prioritization, and the identification of system-solution gaps.
• Develop and deliver customer training sessions, technical seminars, and internal enablement content.
• Translate component-level expertise into system-level solutions while building strong, trusted relationships with customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 6+ years of experience in analog and power electronics within a design, applications, or customer-facing engineering role.
• Ability to lead customers through analog and power design challenges from architecture through debug and production readiness.
• Strong relationship-building and cross-functional collaboration skills across sales, FAEs, distribution, product marketing, and business-unit teams.
• Ability to provide system-level customer feedback that supports product development and roadmap alignment.
• Experience delivering technical presentations, customer training, and design workshops.
• Ability to travel approximately 10%–20%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Deep expertise in power conversion and management, including buck/boost converters, PMICs, LDOs, power-tree sequencing, and battery-powered system design.
• Expertise in configurable mixed-signal analog technologies, sensor technologies, and CPU companion or attach products.
• Strong understanding of analog signal chains, including amplifiers, data converters, filtering, noise, stability, and signal integrity.
• Experience with system-level analog and power architecture, schematic and PCB layout review, power integrity, thermal considerations, bench characterization, validation, and debug.
• Knowledge of power interaction with MCUs, MPUs, DDR, high-speed interfaces, AI platforms, and connectivity subsystems.
• Hands-on laboratory proficiency with oscilloscopes, power analyzers, thermal-analysis tools, and transient-response measurements.

Additional Information

This position is also eligible for bonus and commission opportunities. The final offer will depend on factors such as geographic location, relevant experience, and the candidate’s skill set.

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 ourDiversity & 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.

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