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Senior Sales Account Manager

Renesas Electronics
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/20/2026

Company Description

About the Role: We are seeking a motivated sales professional to join our sales team supporting a large strategic customer in the semiconductor ecosystem. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a solid technical foundation in electrical/computer engineering and exposure to customer-facing or sales environments to grow into a high-impact technical sales / account management role.

You will work closely with a major key account to understand their technical needs, position our semiconductor products/solutions, drive design-wins, and support long and complex sales cycles.

Job Description

  • Build and maintain relationships with technical and procurement stakeholders at assigned large customer
  • Qualify customer requirements, present product roadmaps, and conduct technical discussions / demos
  • Collaborate with internal FAEs, design teams, marketing, and product management to respond to RFQs, create proposals, and secure design-in
  • Track and report on opportunity pipeline, forecasts, and key account activities
  • Identify new opportunities within account and support business expansion efforts
  • Stay current on customer roadmaps, competitive landscape, and emerging trends for the customers end market segment

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or closely related field
  • 3–5 years of experience in the semiconductor industry (preferred) or equivalent customer-facing exposure through early-career roles, internships, academic projects, or research in semiconductor or hardware-related domains.
  • Proven sales or customer-facing experience, such as technical sales representative, account support roles, startup engagement, or B2B interactions.
  • Strong technical aptitude with the ability to discuss semiconductor concepts, including processors, SoCs, analog/mixed-signal, power management, RF, memory, and foundry technologies.
  •  Excellent communication and presentation skills (comfortable presenting to engineers and managers)
  • Self-motivated, organized, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Information

The expected annual pay range for this position is $118,000K-$145,000K. This position is also eligible for commission pay.  Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.

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.  

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.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.

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.

Salary : $118,000 - $145,000

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