Principal Power Architect (Product Definition)

About the role

In this role, you will be responsible for driving innovation delivering best in class solutions addressing power efficiency and density challenges for datacenter products serving the most critical AI customers. You will work directly with customers defining roadmaps aligned with their platform guided by compelling system level outcomes ensuring Renesas remains dominant in this space. You will engage cross functionally with a diverse team including marketing, design, packaging, and applications engineering teams to turn good ideas into reality.

Responsibilities

• Interface with customer systems engineers to understand big-scope perspective on challenges and value drivers.
• Analyze various VR approaches to determine how they fit in the big picture from a customers point of view.
• Build critical collateral to evangelize proposals and support customer engagement.
• Prepare executive summary level material to drive high level discussions with Sr Leaders and key customers.

• Directly support top-tier customer engagements to gain consensus on proposals and help drive them to revenue.
• Maintain key customer relationships to enable early market visibility.
• Work with Renesas functional teams to find best path to customer delight.
• Support design, FW, and SW teams during execution with clarification or necessary compromise.

Qualifications & Requirements

10+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in semiconductor industry Understanding of general power architecture and product types related to CPU's and other high current ASIC's Experience with multiphase voltage regulators (VR's) or other datacenter related power products Comprehension of topics including magnetics design, passive component selection, power device driver challenges, and real-world implementation challenges Experience defining power products for data centers or customer applications Experience with embedded SoC's including cross-functional collaboration with HW/FW/SW teams Excellent technical and executive communication skills.

Experience with high level modeling tools like SIMPLIS is a plus Education Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree or higher in power engineering preferred

Pay and benefits

The expected annual pay range for this position is $180,000-$225,000. This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities. Please note that the final offer amount will depend on the candidate's geographic location, relevant experience, and skill set. Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier.

With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world-leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future. At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial.

It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives. We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process. Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?

For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement. Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons.

The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.