Senior Manager Field Applications Engineer (FAE)

Company Description

Renesas is seeking a highly skilled Senior Manager of Field Applications Engineering to lead strategic technical engagement with our most important AI and hyperscaler customers. This role leads a high‑performance team of power supply FAEs supporting AI accelerators, servers, and networking platforms that are critical to Renesas’ long‑term growth. 

This is a senior player/coach position. The role balances hands‑on ownership of customer power programs with leadership and development of a growing FAE organization. Success requires deep power electronics expertise, strong customer credibility, and the ability to scale technical execution across multiple strategic accounts. 

Job Description

                     Player/Coach Responsibilities (Hands‑On Technical Leadership) 

• Serve as the senior technical interface for strategic datacenter accounts, driving system‑level power architecture engagements from early concept through production. 
• Provide expert leadership on digital multiphase power, power modules, and server‑class power delivery architectures supporting AI accelerators, CPUs, and networking platforms. 
• Personally engage in the most complex customer programs, including architecture reviews, schematic and layout feedback, validation planning, bring‑up, power sequencing analysis, transient response evaluation, and debug. 
• Rapidly troubleshoot complex power issues using lab instrumentation including oscilloscopes, current probes, electronic loads, and transient analysis tools. 
• Lead technical escalations with internal engineering teams to ensure rapid, high‑quality resolution of customer issues. 
• Deliver high‑quality customer‑facing materials such as validation results, program updates, technical summaries, and program closure reports. 

                                  People & Team Leadership 

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of power supply FAEs supporting strategic AI and hyperscaler customers. 
• Coach FAEs on system‑level power thinking, executive communication, and sound technical judgment in complex customer environments. 
• Build onboarding and training plans for new college graduates and early‑career FAEs, ensuring readiness for lab work and customer‑facing engagements. 
• Conduct performance reviews and support career development across the team. 
• Guide resource allocation across accounts, balancing customer priorities, program risk, and team bandwidth. 
• Establish a high‑performance culture with clear standards for ownership, technical rigor, and execution quality. Hold the team accountable to outcomes and model the behaviors expected through disciplined, high‑impact customer engagement. 

                              Customer, Program & Strategy Leadership 

• Own technical program execution for top datacenter customers, spanning AI accelerators, server platforms, and high‑performance networking systems. 
• Partner closely with Sales and GAM leadership to align customer priorities, program sequencing, and allocation of FAE resources. 
• Maintain program visibility through clear tracking of milestones, risks, validation status, and next‑step actions. 
• Provide concise and actionable technical updates to senior leadership. 
• Collaborate with Product Line and Marketing teams to translate strategic customer power requirements into product feedback and roadmap influence. 
• Champion field insights related to next‑generation power architectures, digital multiphase solutions, and module‑based system power. 
• Coordinate technical handoffs and shared engagements across global FAE teams. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field. 
• Significant prior experience as a Field Applications Engineer with hands‑on responsibility for power supply or power management products. 
• 8+ years of experience in power electronics, digital multiphase power delivery, server or AI platform power, or related hardware systems. 
• Deep technical expertise in power modules, digital multiphase controllers, VRMs, and high‑current, low‑voltage conversion for datacenter platforms. 
• Strong lab‑based debug skills including use of oscilloscopes, current probes, electronic loads, and transient response analysis. 
• Demonstrated ability to interface directly with customers on complex power topics and drive issues to closure. 
• 2+ years of people leadership experience in a team lead, supervisory, managerial, or equivalent player/coach role. 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to customer, executive, and internal audiences. Preferred Qualifications 
• Experience supporting hyperscale datacenter customers such as cloud service