Sr. Staff Strategic Power Conversion Technologist

As a Sr. Staff Power Conversion Technologist you will serve as a key technical thought leader within the Performance Computing Power organization. You will shape and influence strategic product and technology roadmaps with a focus on the power distribution architecture spanning from the rack bus bar to the ASIC voltage regulator (VR). 

Your mission is to drive compelling system level innovation establish the right factors of merit and deeply analyze architectural tradeoffs to ensure that Renesas maintains market leadership in high performance power delivery. 

Key Responsibilities 

In this forward looking pathfinding role you will translate market challenges into long term architectural direction and technology strategy. Core responsibilities include: 

• Engaging deeply with top market-defining customers to understand emerging system challenges and requirements. 

• Modeling simulating and analyzing power converters and full power distribution architectures. 

• Evaluating synthesizing and comparing technology options required to realize next generation architectures. 

• Assessing manufacturing flows and identifying critical process considerations for advanced 3D heterogeneous power packaging. 

• Developing long-term technology roadmaps spanning packaging manufacturing processes and IP development. 

• Identifying opportunities for differentiated disruptive products and power technology capabilities. 

• Leading advanced feasibility studies developing detailed specification documents and driving early prototyping with cross functional engineering teams. 

• Creating methodologies and tools to define and track key KPIs and factors of merit that articulate technical value. 

• Building organizational alignment around strategic direction and clearly communicating the why behind the roadmap to inspire execution and enthusiasm. 

Qualifications :

You bring deep expertise in high performance power conversion demonstrating strength across theoretical design modeling and real world system implementation. You possess broad technical range across key pillars of advanced power engineering including: 

• Magnetic design 

• Passive component selection 

• Power device/driver interactions 

• System level implementation constraints and optimization 

• Thermal design 

This role requires both strong engineering depth and excellent executive level communication skills. 

Qualifications: 

• MSEE or PhD in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience) 

• Directly relevant experience in power electronics power conversion PDN design or system architecture. 

• Proficiency with key industry standard tools is a significant advantage including:  

• Ansys Q3D and SiWave (parasitic extraction PDN modeling) 

• Ansys Icepak or Siemens Flotherm (thermal simulation) 

• Ansys Maxwell (3D magnetic modeling) 

• Simplis / Simetrix (electrical modeling architecture simulation) 

• Cadence Allegro or Altium (PCB tools) 

Additional Information :

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 system-level know-how 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 power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow To Make Our Lives Easier.     
 
At Renesas you can: 

• 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. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark  

Join Renesas. Lets Shape the Future together.  

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.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation collaboration and continuous learning.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time