Associate Field Applications Engineer

Job Description

Our IoT/Consumer Field Applications Engineering team is looking for a talented Electrical, Electronics or Computer Engineering graduate to join our team as an Associate FAE in our San Jose, CA office.

Our team can be thought of as ‘Technical Sales’ and works on designing in Renesas solutions in cutting edge consumer products. The successful candidate will work directly with FAEs, Sales teams as well as our customers. A new team member working with our team can expect to learn the consumer market, building solutions for the top tier consumer products, researching and learning a number of different technical products including MCUs, Connectivity, Power management, Mixed signal data processing and more.

Responsibilities:

• Provide on-site and off-site support in both reactive and proactive modes for key customers and the Renesas Sales team.
• Candidate will meet with customers and use our Renesas products, to cultivate and convert design opportunities, position Renesas products, demonstrate technology, address customer obstacles and advance opportunities to design wins.
• Candidate will regularly support customers as they work through system related bring-up or deal with any Renesas products related issues.
• Candidate efforts will be focused on understanding and demonstrating Renesas’ value proposition and solving technical concerns in order to ensure that the customer uses Renesas products. Additional responsibilities include product characterization, design simulations and competitive analysis.
• Support embedded programming as per customer needs.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electronics, Electrical, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Solid understanding of digital and analog circuit design, with hands-on experience from projects or internships.
• A strong foundation in embedded systems and microcontroller programming.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical thinking, and teamwork skills—collaboration is key in our work environment!
• Familiarity with simulation and modeling tools like SPICE and MATLAB, as well as basic knowledge of Operating Systems such as FreeRTOS or AzureRTOS is a plus.
• Experience reading electronic schematics and working with measurement instruments is preferred but not required.

Additional Information

The expected annual pay range for this position is $67,000 - $100,000. This position is also eligible for bonus 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 industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
With a diverse team of over 21,000 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. Let’s Shape the Future together.

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. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.