Staff Application Engineer

Renesas Electronics Corporation; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company is seeking a Senior/Staff Applications Engineer for their Power group in Swindon. In this role, you will support both internal and external customers, driving product definition and providing technical support for power management IC solutions. The position requires a strong background in power electronics, hands-on lab experience, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. This company encourages innovation and offers a hybrid work model.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Employee Resource Groups

Career advancement opportunities

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience on switching mode power supply and analog/digital circuits.
• Hands-on experience in lab debugging, probing, and characterizing circuits.
• Ability to work on multiple customer issues in parallel.

Responsibilities

• Help with product definition and characterization of functionality.
• Support marketing/Sales/FAEs to facilitate the design-in of products.
• Perform silicon device evaluation at board level based on defined plans.
• Drive interactions with Design, System, Test, and Quality Engineering.

Skills

Strong power electronics background

Lab debugging and characterization

Ability to debug issues

Power supply knowledge for digital processors

Analog and digital circuit design

Self-motivated and team-oriented

Multi-tasking in fast-paced environment

Knowledge of Python for automation

Automotive application knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer science

Tools

Power supplies

Digital oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

Job Description

Senior/Staff Applications Engineering position in Renesas’s 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 5~10 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, multi‑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 bachelor’s in electrical engineering or computer science

Additional Information

Working in our newly refurbished Swindon design centre, you will benefit from best in class facilities alongside some of the world’s leading engineers in mixed signal IC design. It is a truly international environment where your ability is recognized, rewarded and challenged daily. You will work with cutting‑edge technologies with some of our largest customers that lead the way in developing PMICs for Automotive and non‑automotive platforms.

Swindon has continuously been at the forefront of engineering technology and with good travel links to London, Bristol and Bath, it is well known for its green areas and outdoor family activities. There is plenty to discover across the West Country.

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 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher in 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 people’s 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. Let’s 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 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.