Senior Power Analog Architect

Company Description

This position is in CMSD, which is part of Renesas’ Analog & Connectivity Product Group. The CMSD R&D team develops and industrializes highly configurable mixed-signal products for a wide range of applications, including but not limited to consumer, communication, computing, data center, industrial, and automotive applications. CMSD team is the pioneer and dominant market leader of the highly successful GreenPAKTM family of products. This customer configurable product and platform enable customers to differentiate their products, reduces BOM cost and development cost and time. CMSD team is continuously expanding our product portfolio that includes high performance analog IP’s, Power, and FPGA.

As a Principal Analog Engineer Power Architect, you will be responsible for leading the development of high-efficiency and ultra cost-competitive IP’s for integration in CMSD’s broad portfolio of products. As our power specialist, guiding and mentoring team members is essential and one of your most important responsibilities. This is a senior technical leadership position, and you will be working with design, product definers, and program managers to drive NPI (New Product Introduction) execution as well as continuous efficiency and performance improvement

Job Description

• Architect and design high-efficiency and ultra cost-competitive power IP’s for consumer, industrial, server infrastructure, medical, as well as automotive applications. These IP’s include but not limited to DC-DC converters (buck, boost, and configurable buck-boost), Load Switches, Power-Muxes, e-Fuses, and LDO’s with high PSRR.
• The aforementioned IP’s will also be leveraged to build standard and application-specific products for Tier-1 customers.
• Guide and mentor CMSD’s global Design, Characterization, and Test Engineering team on power design and test techniques.
• Work with product definers to develop product specifications to achieve optimal tradeoffs between product competitiveness and development cost.
• Collaborate with product definition and marketing on product roadmaps and long-term IP development plans.
• Actively participate in sharpening CMSD design methodology and way-of-working to ensure crisp and efficient execution.

Qualifications

• MSEE or PhD in EE + 15 years semiconductor design leadership experience
• Proven track record in designing high-efficiency and ultra-cost-competitive power products.
• Proven track record in taking these power products to production.
• In-depth knowledge about various power conversion topologies, feedback loop control architectures, as well as practical considerations for low-power, low noise, optimal line/load transient characteristics, and seamless & fast operating mode transitions.
• Specialized knowledge in high-voltage and high-current design and protection mechanisms. As examples, OVP (Over Voltage Protection) and SCP (Short Circuit Protection) are required in all of our power products.
• Extensive experience in tackling issues in high-voltage and high-current application use cases. The main focus is power IC, but the use cases can extend to related applications such as Motor gate-driver IC.
• Strong knowledge of power process technologies is a must. Deep understanding of key tradeoffs in Rsp, SOA, and HV device area efficiency is critical.
• Highly knowledgeable in HV ESD, Latch-up, and IC reliability issues.
• Extensive experience in leading and mentoring high-caliber design teams.
• Highly knowledgeable in state-of-the-art design methodologies and tool

Additional Information

The expected annual pay range for this position is $203,000K-$250,000. This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities and commission 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 is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT ind