Associate Field Applications Engineer

Job Description

This role is an entry-level opportunity for a qualified individual to join Renesas’ Sales Organization, working under the guidance of a senior-level Field Applications Engineer.

The engineer in this position will collaborate with the senior-level Field Applications Engineer to contribute to the development of new customer designs, conduct technical reviews and testing, offer analysis, troubleshoot efforts, and conduct evaluations of new products. Substantial hands-on support for the local lab will be a crucial aspect of the role, with a primary focus on understanding and showcasing Renesas’ value proposition, addressing technical concerns, and ensuring customers successfully use Renesas products.

Upon transitioning to a full-time Field-Based Applications Engineer, you will become the primary technical resource for pre-sales and post-sales support in your region. Your main responsibility will be to secure design wins across a diverse customer base.

Responsibilities:

• Engage with customers, utilizing your analog and power expertise to identify design opportunities, promote Renesas products, demonstrate technology, overcome customer obstacles, and advance opportunities to design wins.

• Provide real-time support in both reactive and proactive modes for key customers and the Renesas Sales/REP team.

• Support customers on-site during system-related bring-up or troubleshooting of Renesas products-related issues.

• Conduct schematic/layout reviews on-site with customers.

• Quickly troubleshoot power circuits, assist with external component selection and board layout, lead technical discussions, and present technical features and benefits of Renesas products.

• Achieve assigned design win and revenue goals for Renesas products.

• Guide the value and strategic fit of the assigned product family, working with account teams to establish sales goals and strategy.

• Deliver competitive updates to the field and contribute to the development of strategic plans.

• Establish dialogue with marketing and management teams of the assigned product lines, updating them on progress and market dynamics.

• Modify evaluation boards as required for customer demos, deliver demos to customer sites, and "bring up" and debug customer boards in the lab.

• Lead the effort for technical discovery on key customer designs, establishing close relationships with designers, component engineers, the local rep sales team, and distributors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering.

• Candidate's graduation date has to be in 2023 OR 2024.

• Candidate MUST be located in Austin TX.

• Knowledge of the semiconductor industry is a plus.

• Excellent interpersonal skills are mandatory for significant customer interaction.

• Motivated team player with the capability to work independently, follow instructions, handle multiple tasks concurrently, and communicate effectively. Additionally, adept at collaborative teamwork and contributing positively to team dynamics.

• Highly driven, customer-focused, with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

• Ability to handle several complex issues in parallel

Company Description

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.

Additional Information

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.

1. Department Sales

2. Location Austin

3. Remote No

Requisition ID

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