Senior Principal Application Engineer

Seeking an experienced Application engineer to work with the Renesas Memory Interface Validation and Apps team on state-of-the-art products such as RCD and data buffers. This is a position with high visibility and high growth potential.

Responsibilities:

• Support product development life cycle from conception to production release. This involves interfacing with multiple functional teams including Design Engineering, Test Engineering, Quality Assurance, and other engineering groups.
• Achieve thorough and methodic understanding of requirements and challenges from the application environment.
• Continuously expand detailed knowledge of Renesas Memory Interface product offerings.
• Work with customers to help them achieve their goals and solve problems.
• Write application notes and other documentation for external customers and partners, as well as for internal company users.
• Develop solutions to help maximize performance of Renesas products in the user application environment.
• Participate in the development of new product specifications to help ensure Renesas products will remain competitive in the field.
• Design and debug hardware and software for lab validation and qualification purposes.

• Education: BS or MS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related, with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience: 10+ years of direct experience in post-Silicon applications, debug, and validation.
• Strong knowledge of DDR3/DDR4/DDR5 and/or SERDES protocols, testing and application.
• Familiar with computer system architecture, especially for Intel x86 server system.
• Skilled in the use of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, pattern generators, ATE, Logic Analyzers.
• Skilled in test automation development using Python.
• Experience in high-speed test board design, analysis, and debug.
• Familiarity with DIMM RCD, Data Buffer and I2C and I3C devices is a plus.
• Good writing skills desired.

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 industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.  

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