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Renesas Associate Field Applications Engineer (FAE) in Topeka, Kansas

Associate Field Applications Engineer (FAE)

Job Description

This is an entry-level position for a qualified individual to work in Renesas’ Sales Organization under a senior level Field Applications Engineer. This engineer will work under a senior level Field Applications Engineer to assist with the development of new customer designs, perform technical reviews, provide analysis, troubleshoot efforts, and conduct new product evaluations. Extensive hands-on support for the local lab will be required. Efforts will be focused on understanding and demonstrating Renesas’ value proposition and solving technical concerns to ensure that the customer uses Renesas products.

When you become a full-time Field-Based Applications Engineer, you will be the primary technical resource for pre-sales and post-sales support in your region.

Responsibilities:

  • Your main responsibility is securing design wins across a wide range of customers.

  • Meet with customers and use your analog and power expertise to cultivate design opportunities, position Renesas products, demonstrate technology, address 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 as they work through system-related bring-up or deal with any Renesas products-related issues.

  • Quickly and effectively troubleshoot power supply 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 and then work with the account teams to establish the proper sales goals and strategy.

  • Provide competitive updates to the field and help develop impeding strategies.

  • Establish dialogue with marketing and management teams of the assigned product lines, updating them on the progress of the agreed-upon objectives and market dynamics as well as competitive inputs.

  • Modify evaluation boards as required for a customer demo, deliver the demo to the customer site, and “bring up” and debug customer boards in the lab.

  • Able to conduct schematic/layout reviews on-site with customers.

  • Understands competitive offerings and uses detailed product understanding to overcome customer obstacles.

  • Leads the effort for technical discovery (uncovering) on key customer designs. Must establish a close relationship with designers, component engineers, the local rep sales team, and distributors.

Qualifications

  • Candidates must be graduating with a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering.

  • Candidates must be in the Northeast Area.

  • Knowledge of the semiconductor industry is a plus.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills are mandatory, as customer interface will be a significant aspect of the job.

  • Must be a self-motivated team player who can take direction, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and communicate effectively.

  • Highly driven, and customer-focused, have 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

The expected annual pay range for this position is $66K - $82K. 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 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 United States remote

Requisition ID

54980

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