Senior Staff Application Engineer

Renesas Electronics • Palm Bay, FL

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

As an Applications Engineer, you will drive technical excellence for our high-reliability analog portfolio in the space market. You will bridge the gap between product development and customer implementation, ensuring our hardware meets the rigorous demands of orbit.

Requirements

• Minimum bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
• 7+ Years in Applications and/or Systems Engineering role in Analog IC Development or Circuit Design Industry
• Proficient with analog and mixed signal designs
• Proficient with electronic bench lab equipment (power supplies, function generators, multi-meters, oscilloscopes).
• Experience in Schematic/Layout design tools and switching power supply layout concepts.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point).
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Renesas is unable to sponsor applicants for work visas for this position

Nice To Haves

• Experience writing programming code (i.e. Python) to automate lab bench equipment in GBIP/USB communication a plus.
• Experience modeling circuits (SPICE and or IBIS) is desired but not mandatory.
• Knowledge of Power management topologies: isolated and non-isolated a plus.
• Knowledge of PMBUS/I2C/SPI communication protocols are a plus.
• Power Management (DC-DC or AC-DC Regulation) experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• New Product Development: Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to define, characterize, and launch new products to market.
• Strategic Customer Support: Partner with Sales/Marketing to refine customer requirements into product features and support system-level hardware integration.
• Industry Presence: Represent the company as a technical presenter at global industry conventions.
• Device Characterization (50%): Perform lab-based bench testing, create validation plans, and replicate customer environments to solve complex hardware issues.
• Documentation (20%): Author and edit high-quality Data Sheets (FrameMaker), Technical Briefs, and Application Notes.
• Customer Enablement (20%): Facilitate product design-ins, analyze field returns, and train Field Application Engineers (FAEs) on new systems.
• New Product Definition (10%): Work with Marketing, Customer, Design and Product engineering teams to help define new products.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees