Renesas Electronics America

Senior Staff Field Applications Engineer - Digital

Renesas Electronics America • $120K — $145K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Education in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
  • 8+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years in automotive applications.
  • Preferred background as a Field or Application Engineer for Microcontrollers and SoCs.
  • Deep understanding of automotive system requirements for optimized product solutions.
  • Strong knowledge of semiconductors, including SoCs and MCU technology.
  • Familiarity with OS/Frameworks such as Linux, QNX, and AUTOSAR.
  • Hands-on experience in vehicle architecture and network design.

Responsibilities

  • Drive design-in activities for automotive applications with OEM customers.
  • Define new products in collaboration with customers and internal teams.
  • Act as the technical interface for OEMs during application development.
  • Identify customer requirements and market trends to shape product propositions.
  • Guide customers to optimal system design through product architecture understanding.
  • Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to achieve design-in targets.
  • Develop documentation and system demonstrators with internal and external partners.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge automotive technology.
  • Collaboration with a diverse range of engineering and marketing teams.
  • Exposure to global business expansion initiatives.
  • Potential for professional growth in a fast-paced environment.
  • Access to resources for continuous learning and innovation.
Full Job Description
As a Digital Field Applications Engineer (FAE) you will play a major role in the expansion of our market-leading digital products (MCUs & SoCs) by providing outstanding application engineering support for our customers. You will also play a key role in the definition of the next generation of Renesas Automotive Products working closely with the customer engineering teams and the Renesas application engineering and marketing teams. Responsibilities: • Drive the design-in activities of the complete product portfolio in automotive applications such as IVI, ADAS, xEV, Vehicle Controls etc. working with Automotive OEM customers. • Define new products in close cooperation with our innovative customers and our internal technical marketing and applications teams. • Act as a technical interface and consult our customers during the development of all automotive applications with particular focus on OEMs. • Derive customer system requirements and market trends to develop system value propositions together with internal interfaces (Product Marketers, Application Engineers, System Architects). • Build a good understanding of different product architectures and partner ecosystem to suggest/guide customers, to arrive at an optimal system design. • Actively manage projects together with the Sales and Marketing departments to achieve design-in targets for the complete Renesas automotive product portfolio. • Establish and maintain excellent relationships with the customer engineering departments with particular focus on OEMs. • Proactively connect with global cross-functional teams, expand your internal network, and share your experience to drive global business expansion. • Lead technical discussions with System Architects and Application Engineering experts to jointly define application roadmaps and product technical requirements. • Collaborate internally with Application Engineers and Product Marketers and externally with local and global partners to develop documentation (fighting guides, application notes, whitepapers) and system demonstrators combining software and hardware. • Perform measurements in our laboratory within the scope of actual customer projects. • Present Renesas' technologies, products, and applications in technical seminars. Qualifications • Education: Electrical / Electronic Engineering or similar field of studies. • Minimum 8 years of related work experience, especially 3+ years of experience in automotive applications. • Working experience as Field or Application Engineer for Microcontroller and SoCs is preferred. • Understand automotive system technical requirements and propose optimized products and solutions. • Profound knowledge about semiconductors including SoC, MCU, Analog & Power products. • Experience with OS / Frameworks (Linux, QNX, AUTOSAR, RTOS). • Proficient in multi-threaded programming and middleware solution development in different OS environments. Strong in fundamentals of IPC and OS concepts. • Working knowledge on Automotive Functional Safety and Cybersecurity concepts. • Proficient in Power and Thermal management at system level. • Experience in Vehicle Architecture / Networks design. • Hands-on system bring-up, testing, and debugging skills. • Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other standard lab equipment. • Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Videos To Watch https://www.youtube.com/embed/k-zs4tB6nNc

About Renesas Electronics America

Renesas Electronics America is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad range of analog and power devices, with operations spanning research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of applications.
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