Principal System Engineer

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.

Job Description

The Principal System Engineer (System architect) will  drive product roadmaps, create and own Systems Requirements Document (SRD) encompassing the device specification (including package), the customer applications (use cases and BOMs) to ease validation and test, and any other information related with qualification. In addition the Principal Systems Engineer will:

• Develop system behavioral models to describe the use case of the IC product.
• Work with Application team to develop evaluation board, user guides, application notes and necessary tools to design in the IC.
• Act as the technical conduit between product architects and customers, field teams, marketing teams.
• Understand the system and define the most important customer problem that has to be solved.
• Benchmark state-of-the-art devices in the market.
• Closely work with product architect to ensure flawless product definition and development of product datasheet.
• Articulate device value proposition in the customer application.
• Collaborate with applications team to develop the collateral needed to design in the product.
• Lead first-time IC bring-up.
• Collaborate with marketing on opportunity management and design in technical support.

Qualifications

• MSEE, +5 years of experience
• Strong communication/interpersonal skills
• BSEE+8 years, MSEE +5 years.
• Deep experience, knowledge and skills in customer applications including functional and diagnostics solutions.
• In-depth experience with PCB schematics and layout and corresponding CAD tools.
• Experience with signal processing and control theory.
• Experience with simulation tools such as Pspice and Matlab.
• Experience with EMI and ESD.
• Experience with developing functional safety solutions.
• Track record of successful new product execution.
• Strong communication, technical presentation and documentation skills.
• Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Results-oriented and able to deliver on-time under tight schedule pressure.
• Flexible to undertake occasional international travel at short notice.

Additional Information

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.