Senior Manager / Director, Emerging Applications & Technology Architecture
About The Position
Renesas is seeking a visionary and highly influential Sr.Manager / Director of Emerging Applications & Technology Architecture to lead the exploration, definition, and commercialization of next-generation semiconductor-enabled system solutions. In this role, you will guide a team of world-class architects focused on identifying and developing opportunities in emerging applications and disruptive technologies, including AI, robotics, autonomous systems, drones/UAVs, industrial automation, functional safety, edge intelligence, and other high-growth market segments. You will serve as a strategic bridge between customers, ecosystem partners, product groups, and engineering organizations, transforming market opportunities into differentiated system solutions and future product requirements. Success in this role requires a combination of deep technical expertise, business acumen, leadership excellence, and the ability to influence across multiple organizations.
Requirements
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- 12+ years of experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, system architecture, or technology development roles.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing technical teams or senior engineering professionals.
- Proven track record in developing complex embedded systems and semiconductor-based solutions.
- Strong expertise in one or more emerging technology domains such as: Artificial Intelligence and Edge AI, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Drones/UAVs, Industrial Automation, Functional Safety and Cybersecurity, IoT and Connected Systems.
- Experience with system-level architecture, hardware/software co-design, and multi-disciplinary solution development.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor technologies, embedded software, connectivity, sensing, power management, and edge computing.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
- Fluent in English.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working directly with semiconductor product definition and roadmap planning.
- Familiarity with functional safety standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, IEC 62061, or similar.
- Experience with AI/ML deployment in embedded or edge systems.
- Track record of customer-facing technical leadership and ecosystem development.
- Experience working in global and cross-cultural organizations.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive Renesas' system architecture strategy for emerging applications and emerging technologies.
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize new market opportunities, technology trends, and high-growth application segments.
- Translate customer challenges, technology disruptions, and market requirements into actionable system architectures and solution roadmaps.
- Lead competitive benchmarking and technology assessments to identify capability gaps and future investment opportunities.
- Act as a thought leader internally and externally, representing Renesas at customer meetings, industry forums, ecosystem events, and technical conferences.
- Lead the development of system-level architectures and complete semiconductor-enabled solutions leveraging Renesas MCUs, MPUs, SoCs, analog, power, sensing, AI, and connectivity products.
- Drive hardware/software partitioning, system trade-off analysis, and technology selection to optimize performance, cost, scalability, security, and power efficiency.
- Oversee the development of system specifications, solution requirement documents, reference designs, proof-of-concepts, and demonstrations.
- Establish architecture methodologies, design standards, and best practices across multiple application domains.
- Ensure solutions address key requirements for reliability, safety, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and manufacturability.
- Partner closely with Product Groups to influence product roadmaps and future semiconductor requirements based on application and system-level insights.
- Support product definition activities by providing customer, system, and market requirements for next-generation products.
- Drive adoption of Renesas solutions through direct customer engagement, design-in support, and strategic co-development initiatives.
- Collaborate with solution marketing teams to define value propositions, messaging, and go-to-market strategies.
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of application and system architects.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous learning.
- Establish strong partnerships with strategic customers, technology partners, startups, universities, and research institutions to accelerate innovation.
- Promote knowledge sharing and architecture re-use across business units and regions.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives involving engineering, marketing, product management, sales, and ecosystem partners.
Benefits
- competitive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
