Sr Field Applications Engineer (FAE)
About The Position
Renesas is seeking a Senior Field Applications Engineer to provide customer-facing technical support for strategic customers in datacenter, AI, server, and advanced computing markets. Based in the San Jose, California area, this role combines hands-on technical execution, customer support, and system-level power expertise. The engineer supports customers through design, board bring-up, validation, and issue resolution, working independently on complex technical challenges and collaborating with customer and internal teams. Renesas provides training on its digital multiphase power solutions, including architectures, tools, and validation methodologies. The position supports power architecture and voltage regulator engagements from design through production. It involves reviewing schematics and layouts, performing VR simulations and validation, investigating electrical and system issues, and preparing customer-facing technical materials. The engineer also coordinates program activities and customer milestones with Sales, Product Line, Marketing, and engineering teams. The role is based in the San Jose, CA area, and remote work is not available. The expected annual pay range is $135,000–$168,000, with eligibility for bonus opportunities. Final compensation depends on location, experience, and skills. Renesas offers elective and company-paid benefits, including medical coverage, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, disability-related benefits, paid sick time, paid holidays, and accrued paid vacation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in power electronics, voltage regulator validation, power applications, or system-level power architecture.
- Strong hands-on experience with bench-level electrical testing and debugging methodologies.
- Working knowledge of oscilloscopes, function generators, electronic loads, power supplies, current probes, and soldering tools.
- Experience supporting customer technical issues through structured debugging and problem solving.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with engineers and customer stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent technical activities with urgency and ownership.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting AI, ML, CPU, GPU, or server power delivery applications.
- Hands-on experience with multiphase buck converters and digital VR controllers.
- Hands-on experience with high-current server or AI power designs.
- Experience with the SIMPLIS simulation environment.
- Familiarity with validation planning, test automation, and lab instrumentation workflows.
- Experience working directly with strategic customers in a field applications, systems, or product applications role.
- Ability to balance technical problem solving with commercial awareness in support of design-win execution.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a key technical interface for customer accounts, supporting power architecture and voltage regulator engagements from design through production.
- Provide technical guidance on digital multiphase power controllers, power modules, and server-class power delivery solutions.
- Support schematic and layout reviews, board bring-up, debugging, and validation.
- Prepare customer-facing technical materials, including program updates, validation reports, controller configuration files, issue summaries, and waveform data.
- Assist customers with system validation involving VR performance, telemetry, protection behavior, and interaction with CPU, GPU, ASIC, or SoC power domains.
- Perform VR solution simulations with application-specific PDNs in SIMPLIS to support design reviews and early risk reduction.
- Validate multiphase power solutions for datacenter and AI platforms, including transient response, efficiency, telemetry, fault behavior, and protection features.
- Develop and maintain test plans, validation checklists, and coverage matrices for evaluation across operating conditions.
- Use lab instrumentation and structured test methods to conduct repeatable, high-quality validation.
- Diagnose electrical and system issues using oscilloscopes, electronic loads, current probes, network analyzers, power supplies, and related lab equipment.
- Drive resolution of technical issues, including high-priority customer escalations.
- Partner with design, systems, and applications teams to identify root causes and define corrective actions.
- Escalate when additional cross-functional support is needed while retaining ownership of customer communication and follow-through.
- Work with Sales, Product Line, Marketing, and engineering teams to support customer engagements and design wins.
- Manage multiple concurrent customer activities, including design support, validation, debugging, and issue tracking.
- Drive execution against customer milestones and internal priorities with attention to detail and responsiveness.
- Identify technical risks on active programs early and drive timely action to mitigate them.
- Support design adoption by applying technical expertise and practical judgment to focus effort on customer and business impact.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Health savings account with applicable medical plan
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Pet insurance
- Company-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for benefited employees
- Long-term disability benefits
- Short-term medical benefits
- Paid sick time
- Paid holidays
- Accrued paid vacation
- Bonus opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
