Sr. Mgr, System Engineering

Renesas Electronics Corporation; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics Corporation is seeking a senior leader to oversee a team focused on DC-DC power products for industrial and enterprise server markets. The role entails direct customer engagement to define usage, lead roadmaps for next-generation products, and deliver differentiated power solutions through close coordination with design, validation, marketing, and field teams.

The ideal candidate brings 15+ years of experience in power electronics, hands-on PCB CAD experience, and a track

Qualifications

• Minimum: Masters/PhD in Electrical or Electronics engineering with 15+ years experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of product definers and applications engineers for DC-DC power products for industrial and enterprise server market.
• Interface with customers to understand usage of DC-DC converters and lead definition/roadmap for next-gen products.
• Provide technical leadership across design, validation, marketing, and field organizations to deliver differentiated power solutions.
• Partner with customers, sales, and marketing to identify trends and translate requirements into roadmaps.
• Collaborate with engineers to define architecture and specifications.
• Develop calculators, simulation models, datasheet for new products.
• Perform system-level analysis for power integrity, thermal performance, and fault response.
• Create reference designs and application notes demonstrating products in real use cases.
• Support customers and internal teams with design reviews and debugging.

Skills

Power electronics

DC-DC converters

Customer roadmap leadership

Analog circuits

Control theory

PCB design

Power integrity analysis

CAD tools

Lab debugging

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Masters/PhD in Electrical or Electronics engineering

Tools

PSpice

Simplis

MATLAB

Job description

Job Description

In this role, you will lead a team of product definers and applications engineers for supporting DC-DC power products for industrial and enterprise server market. In this leadership role, you will interface with customers to understand their usage of DC-DC converters to lead the definition and roadmap for next-gen products. This is a highly hands-on technical leadership role where you will work directly with customers to solve complex system-level power challenges and drive adoption of Renesas solutions. You will provide technical leadership across design, validation, marketing, and field organizations to deliver differentiated power solutions.

Principal Accountabilities

• Partner with customers, sales, and marketing to identify emerging market trends and translate customer requirements into product roadmaps and technology investments for enterprise server market.
• Collaborate with customers, sales, product line marketing, applications, design and validation engineers to define architecture and specifications.
• Build, mentor and develop a high-performing systems & applications team, establishing technical excellence in the following areas:
• Customer focused execution to build innovative products which solve system problems.
• Benchmark existing solutions to understand the state of the art.
• Silicon bring up and testing of key system performance parameters.
• Design and develop proof-of-concepts and reference designs of power solutions for server market.
• Develop calculators, simulation models, datasheet for releasing new products to market.
• Perform system-level analysis for power integrity, thermal performance, and fault response.
• Create application notes and reference designs demonstrating new products in real-world use cases.
• Support customers and internal teams with design reviews and debugging for product adoption.
• Support customers in usage of released products and solving any problems which arise when using these products.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Masters/PhD in Electrical or Electronics engineering with 15+ years experience
• Strong expertise in power electronics including DC-DC converters.
• Experience in direct interface with sales and customers to lead the product roadmap.
• Expertise in analog circuits, control theory and feedback loop analysis.
• Hands-on experience with PCB schematics/layout and CAD tools.
• Familiarity with power integrity analysis and simulation tools (PSpice, Simplis, MATLAB).
• Skilled in lab debugging and validation techniques.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally to support customer engagements and strategic business initiatives.

Preferred

• Proven experience leading and developing a Systems, Applications, or Power Architecture team of 4-8 engineers in a semiconductor or power electronics environment.
• Experience with server/telecom power architectures.
• Experience with digital communications protocols like I2C, PMBus etc.
• Experience with generating collateral like datasheets, user guides and training & promotion materials.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

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.