Senior Staff Systems Engineer – Power Management

Job description

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world leading MCUs, SoCs, Analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you. Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world. **Job Description** **Role Purpose** This **Hardware Sr. Staff Systems Engineer** will define and validate solutions for protection devices used in enterprise, data center, AI server, telecom, and industrial power systems. This is a **hardware systems role** that connects customer needs, market trends, competitive analysis, and IC development. The engineer will turn customer and application needs into clear product specifications, validation plans, reference designs, and technical material that help the product succeed from definition to customer ramp. The role requires strong power electronics knowledge, good customer engagement skills, and the ability to work across teams from concept to production release. **Key Responsibilities** - Own product definition at the system level for next generation input protection devices targeting 48 V and emerging high voltage power distribution in enterprise and data center platforms. - Work directly with customers, field teams, product marketing, applications, design, validation, test, product engineering, and program management to capture needs, align on tradeoffs, and define differentiated product specifications. - Analyze target applications, end-equipment trends, customer RFQs, system pain points, and competitive solutions to identify product gaps and roadmap opportunities. - Develop product requirement documents, system architecture proposals, specification tables, datasheet content, validation plans, verification matrices, and risk/tradeoff summaries for new product initiatives. - Drive the system validation strategy, including corner case testing, fault response validation, thermal characterization, transient load behavior, power integrity, telemetry accuracy, and customer use case coverage. - Design, review, and debug evaluation boards, proof of concept platforms, and reference designs that show product capability in realistic server, accelerator, switch/router, storage, and telecom power systems. - Perform lab bring up, bench characterization, silicon evaluation, schematic and layout review, failure analysis, and system troubleshooting to support product development and early customer adoption. - Develop calculators, simulation models, design tools, application notes, user guides, training material, and reference design collateral for customers, field teams, and internal stakeholders. - Lead technical discussions during customer engagements, design reviews, RFQ responses, roadmap reviews, and product launch activities; provide clear recommendations on architecture, features, and product positioning. - Partner with applications engineering to support early design ins, resolve customer application issues, and help accelerate product ramp in strategic enterprise and data center accounts. - Support NPI execution by communicating market and customer requirements, tracking technical closure, and ensuring product readiness from concept through release to market. **Minimum Qualifications** - Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related discipline; bachelor’s degree with equivalent depth of relevant experience may be considered. - 6+ years of experience in systems engineering, applications engineering, product definition, validation, or IC development for power management or analog semiconductor products. - Strong foundation in power electronics, protection devices, high current board design, analog control loops, MOSFET/SOA behavior, and thermal design. - Hands-on experience with lab debug and validation using oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, thermal measurement equipment, data acquisition tools, and solder/rework equipment. - Experience reviewing schematics and layouts and working with PCB design constraints for high current, high power density power systems. - Familiarity with simulation and analysis tools such as SPICE/PSpice, SIMPLIS, MATLAB/Simulink, or equivalent tools for system modeling, power integrity, and control loop analysis. - Ability to create high quality technical documentation, including specifications, validation plans, datasheet content, application notes, evaluation board user guides, and customer facing technical material. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical tradeoffs to customers and cross-functional stakeholders. **Qualifications** **Preferred Qualifications / Desired Experience** - Practical knowledge of PMBus/I²C based control and telemetry, digital configuration, fault reporting, NVM based settings, and register map definition for power management devices. - Exposure to safety, reliability, and layout considerations relevant to high-voltage or high-current power systems, including creepage/clearance, surge/tr