Senior Power Management Applications Engineer - Austin, United States
Originally posted 13 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves driving the adoption of Renesas’ power management solutions by supporting tier-1 customer designs and defining highly efficient DC-DC and multiphase power solutions.
What you'll do
- Provide on-site and remote technical support, performing root-cause analysis and debugging.
- Develop a system-level understanding of customer applications to inform new product development.
- Lead product promotion and design-in activities, including power tree architecture and power delivery system debugging.
- Contribute to the definition of differentiated products based on technical requirements.
- Perform schematic capture and PCB layout reviews for evaluation boards and customer designs.
- Develop and execute simulations of power converter circuits and systems for technical issue resolution.
- Provide training on product usage and DC-DC converter fundamentals.
What you'll need
- Hands-on experience with DC/DC power conversion, including digital multiphase PWM controllers.
- Prior experience with power IC, MOSFET, control loop, and digital controllers.
- Proficiency with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, electronic loads, and function generators.
- Experience with analog circuit modeling and simulation tools (e.g., SIMPLIS and PSpice).
- Advanced knowledge of DC/DC converter topologies, including buck, boost, buck-boost, charge pump, and intermediate bus converters.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as OrCAD, Allegro, and Cadence.
- BSEE/BSECE with 7+ years of relevant experience, or MSEE with 5+ years of experience.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Intel SVID/AMD SVI and PMBus/AVSBus power management interfaces.
- Knowledge of control theory, closed-loop compensation, and stability margin analysis.
Skills: technical support, design-in support, power tree architecture, DC/DC converter topologies, schematic capture and PCB design
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 68-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Power Management
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Open roles in category
210
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Median days open
68 d
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Median salary
$161k
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| Metric | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (210 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 23 | 210 |
| Median days open | 19 d | 68 d (−49 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $161k |
Skills observed across this category: technical support, design-in support, power tree architecture, DC/DC converter topologies, schematic capture and PCB design
Who's hiring in this category
- Monolithic Power Systems · 52 open roles · median 113 d
- Infineon Technologies · 35 open roles · median 68 d
- Texas Instruments · 25 open roles · median 29 d
- Renesas Electronics (this employer) · 21 open roles · median 22 d
- Analog Devices · 18 open roles · median 41 d
- Nexperia · 11 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 210 open Applications FAE (Power Management) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.