Senior Power Management Applications Engineer - Austin, United States
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves driving the adoption of Renesas power management solutions and supporting key customer tier-1 designs.
What you'll do
- Lead product promotion and design-in activities, including power tree architecture and power delivery system debugging.
- Contribute to the definition of innovative, differentiated products.
- Perform schematic capture and PCB layout reviews for evaluation boards and customer designs.
- Develop and execute simulations of power converter circuits and systems.
- Author technical documentation, such as application notes and design guidelines.
- Provide on-site and remote technical support to internal and external teams.
What you'll need
- BSEE/BSECE with 7+ years of relevant experience, or MSEE with 5+ years of experience.
- Prior experience with power IC, MOSFET, control loop, digital controllers, multi-phase buck.
- 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.
- Schematic capture and PCB design tools such as OrCAD, Allegro, and Cadence.
Nice to have
- Competence in Python or C.
- Knowledge of Intel SVID/AMD SVI and PMBus/AVSBus power management interfaces.
- Knowledge of control theory, closed-loop compensation, and stability margin analysis.
Skills: design-in support, power tree architecture, DC-DC converter, schematic review, customer support
This role has been open 3 days — well below the 71-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Power Management
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Open roles in category
202
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Median days open
71 d
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Median salary
$160k
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| Metric | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (202 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 23 | 202 |
| Median days open | 18 d | 71 d (−53 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $160k |
Skills observed across this category: design-in support, power tree architecture, DC-DC converter, schematic review, customer support
Who's hiring in this category
- Monolithic Power Systems · 50 open roles · median 108 d
- Infineon Technologies · 35 open roles · median 63 d
- Texas Instruments · 23 open roles · median 31 d
- Renesas Electronics (this employer) · 21 open roles · median 24 d
- Analog Devices · 17 open roles · median 36 d
- Nexperia · 9 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 202 open Applications FAE (Power Management) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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.