Principal Hardware Engineer

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

Seeking an experienced product definition engineer to work with the Renesas Memory Interface architecture team to create specifications for cutting edge integrated circuits, with a focus on Power Management ICs (PMICs).  This is a position with a unique opportunity to drive the direction of the entire industry.

Work with interdisciplinary teams throughout Renesas, as well as industry partners and standards organizations, to create specifications for mixed-signal integrated circuits.

Represent Renesas in JEDEC, actively participating in meetings as the subject matter expert on PMICs.

Review proposals from standards organizations to identify issues, collect feedback from internal teams, and prepare presentations to clearly communicate Renesas’s position.

Influence the development of industry standards by preparing and presenting proposals to standards organizations.

Sponsor full industry-standard specifications as the primary author, creating, maintaining, and updating them with material approved by the standards committees.

Create and maintain internal specification documents, collating requirements from standards organizations like JEDEC with internal requirements created through close collaboration with internal Design teams.

Work closely with technical writers to generate documents, and review output to ensure accuracy

Expertise in switching regulator design and implementation

Experience with Analog Design and Power IC Engineering (including Test Engineering, Applications, and/or Field Apps)

Experience with architecting mixed-signal designs and writing device-level or sub-system specifications

Excellent oral and written communications skills

Experience with Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator and Visio is a plus

10+ years of direct experience in ASIC/IC design/architecture

Education:

Masters in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent with 10+ years of experience

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent with 15+ years of experience

The expected annual pay range for this position is $172,000 - $240,000. This position is also eligible for bonus pay. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.

Renesas offers a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, and pet insurance. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive company-paid life insurance and AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as paid sick time, paid holidays, and accrued paid vacation. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at renesas.com.

Renesas’ mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating 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 federal, state or local law.