Associate Field Applications Engineer (FAE)

Renesas Electronics•San Jose, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Renesas is seeking a highly motivated new college graduate to join its Field Applications Engineering team supporting strategic AI, datacenter, server, networking, and high-performance computing customers. The role is intended for engineers interested in power electronics, power conversion, and system-level power delivery. Working alongside experienced Field Applications Engineers and Power Systems Engineers, the Associate Field Applications Engineer will support customer designs, validate and characterize power solutions, troubleshoot technical issues, and help customers deploy Renesas power management technologies. Based in San Jose, California, the position supports customers in the Bay Area and uses Renesas' San Jose engineering laboratory for hands-on validation, testing, and debugging. The engineer will initially work under senior FAE guidance and gain exposure to customer-facing technical discussions, with the goal of developing the ability to independently support customer design activities.

Requirements

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering with a Power Electronics specialization.
Recent graduate or expected to graduate within the current academic year.
Strong academic background in power electronics, analog circuit design, control systems, electronic circuits, and embedded systems.
Fundamental understanding of DC-DC converters, switching power supplies, feedback control loops, analog and mixed-signal circuits, and circuit analysis techniques.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to solve complex technical problems in a team environment.
Willingness to travel periodically to customer sites and work in a laboratory environment.
Must be located in or willing to relocate to the San Jose, California area.

Nice To Haves

Internship, co-op, undergraduate research, or industry experience in power electronics, power-supply design, hardware engineering, validation engineering, systems engineering, or semiconductor applications engineering.
Experience designing, building, or debugging switching power supplies.
Experience with simulation tools such as LTspice, PSpice, SIMPLIS, MATLAB/Simulink, or Cadence extraction tools.
Experience with laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes, electronic loads, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, and digital multimeters.
Experience with scripting or automation using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools.
A design project, thesis, or research related to power conversion, voltage regulator design, battery management systems, motor control, power integrity, or renewable energy systems.
Familiarity with PCB design, layout considerations, and power-delivery networks.

Responsibilities

Support strategic customer programs from concept through production under the guidance of senior Field Applications Engineers.
Assist with validation, characterization, and optimization of Renesas digital multiphase power solutions used in AI, cloud, server, and networking systems.
Perform laboratory testing, including efficiency characterization, load transient testing, power sequencing validation, telemetry verification, protection-feature validation, fault analysis, root-cause investigation, and power-rail measurement.
Support customer board bring-up, power-supply debugging, and system-level validation.
Participate in schematic reviews, component selection, and PCB layout reviews for high-current power-delivery systems.
Prepare technical reports, characterization summaries, validation documentation, and customer-facing presentations.
Learn and use industry-standard test equipment.
Assist with developing automated validation methodologies and data-analysis workflows.
Work with Product Marketing, Applications Engineering, Product Line Management, and Sales to support customer engagements and design-win activities.
Gain experience in customer-facing technical discussions and develop the ability to independently support customer design activities.