Principal Application Engineer-High-Voltage GaN

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Principal Application Engineer to join our team specializing in highvoltage GaN (Gallium Nitride) technology. With at least 10 years of experience you will be responsible for driving product definition developing innovative reference designs and supporting customers through technical expertise. You will also contribute to the creation of technical materials and relay valuable feedback to guide product development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Definition: Lead the definition of new highvoltage GaN products ensuring alignment with customer needs and industry trends.
• Reference Design & Evaluation Board Development: Design and develop innovative reference designs and evaluation boards using highvoltage GaN technology to demonstrate product capabilities and help customers integrate the products effectively.
• Customer Support: Provide expert customer support including onsite troubleshooting and conducting customer visits to offer technical guidance and resolve issues.
• Technical Documentation: Write and develop various technical collaterals including application notes white papers and marketing materials that communicate product benefits use cases and best practices to customers.
• Customer Feedback Integration: Collect and relay customer feedback to the product team ensuring that insights are utilized in shaping future product definitions and improvements.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• relevant 2 years of experience working with highvoltage GaN technology and power electronics.
• Handson experience in ACDC DCDC and DCAC power electronics development for one or more of the following applications: industrial datacenter solar energy storage or automotive.
• Nice to have: Experience in power electronics firmware development.
• Excellent skills in testing highspeed WBG (Wide Bandgap) device switching.
• Solid fundamentals in power electronics and highvoltage GaN technology.
• Strong technical writing skills with experience creating application notes white papers or similar documentation.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to work directly with customers and support their needs.
• Strong problemsolving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.

• Skills:

• Proficiency in Altium schematic design and PCB layout.
• Experience with simulation tools such as Simetrix Simplis PLECS and LTSpice for power electronics.
• Knowledge and handson experience in magnetic component development (e.g. inductors transformers).

Additional Information :

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing analog power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive industrial infrastructure and IoT applications enabling billions of connected intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at www.renesas.

Renesas mission To Make Our Lives Easier is underpinned by our company culture TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent Agile Global Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues customers and stakeholders.

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 our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing analog power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive industrial infrastructure and IoT applications enabling billions of connected intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at www.renesas.

Renesas mission To Make Our Lives Easier is underpinned by our company culture TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent Agile Global Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues customers and stakeholders.

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 our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose To Make Our Lives Easier. As the industrys leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and systemlevel knowhow 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 21000 professionals in more than 30 countries we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable powerefficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow To Make Our Lives Easier.     
 
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• 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 peoples lives easier safe and secure. 

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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 our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.