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# Senior Principal System Engineer

- **Company:** RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Control Structures
- **Published:** July 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gemzmn

## About the Role

* Must have customer facing experience and understand needs of customer. He should be able to articulate those needs to define product requirements.

 * Should be able to work across domains to make sure that delivery dates are met. Should be able to work with teams across geographies.

 * Must have defined multiple Power ICs with Switching Converters, starting from system level specifications and taking them IC level specifications.

 * Identify and resolve technical challenges and risks. Provide technical expertise and mentorship to junior engineers.

 * Must be able to work with the product design team to complete the IC development.

 * Must be proficient in designing complete switching converters and all involved I/Ps. Should be fully aware of all challenges pertaining to high current/power switching converters design including Noise, Power dissipation etc and their mitigation.

 * Should have a very good understanding of Power devices, operations and design trade-offs for better performance & reliability.

 * Must have in-depth understanding of and should be able to choose, design & compensate Control loops keeping in mind the target performance.

 * Should be able to architect the IC and break down System/Chip-top level requirements into block level specifications.

 * Must have good understanding of commonly used control loop architectures (Constant Freq, Constant ON/OFF Time, Current mode etc) and pros/limitations of each.

 * Must be able to bring in innovative ideas to improve designs to meet challenging specifications and achieve better system performance.

 * Must have in depth knowledge of system simulation tools like Simplis.

 * Should be able to mentor Freshers and Junior engineers for upscaling their technical skills as well as other skills needed for better efficacy., * Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering

 * 15+ years in systems engineering with extensive customer facing experience.

 * Solid understanding and design experience of complex systems design with full ownership.

 * Must be a technical and people leader & natural team player, mentor and should strive towards fostering a highly creative and productive working environment

## Description

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.


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