Principal Engineer, SoC Architect
Renesas · Posted Oct 28
Semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries
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About the role
Renesas' India for India (IFI) initiative is expanding the company's Bengaluru presence to create differentiated semiconductor products for local market needs across automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and emerging domains. The team develops SoC/MCU platforms, spanning front-end architecture and RTL design through RTL-to-GDSII, embedded software, and system-level integration. This role defines end-to-end SoC/MCU architecture and portfolio strategy, leads IP selection and cross-functional execution with RTL, DV, firmware, validation, and test teams, and drives first-pass silicon delivery.
What you will do
- Work closely with Business, Product Management, Sales, and Customers to define product portfolio strategy and translate market needs into clear SoC/MCU requirements.
- Architect scalable SoC/MCU platforms, including detailed technical specifications and cost–benefit trade‑offs across architecture options, process nodes, IP reuse, and integration strategies.
- Define–Own–Deliver SoC implementations that meet product KPIs, quality, cost, and schedule targets.
- Ensure end‑to‑end specification compliance across verification, validation, characterization, and production test, with rigorous review of outcomes prior to release.
- Drive paradigm shifts in SoC/MCU execution—covering team structures, tools, design methodologies, and processes—to enable high‑quality, first‑pass silicon.
- Lead IP selection strategies, including make/buy decisions, third‑party IP evaluation, and long‑term platform reuse.
- Collaborate deeply with RTL design, Design Verification, Firmware/Software, Pre‑ and Post‑Silicon Validation, Test, and Program Management teams.
- Enable delivery of first‑pass functional silicon on aggressive and aspirational schedules through architectural rigor and execution discipline.
- Engage with external stakeholders, including IP vendors, EDA partners, foundries, and OSATs.
- Represent Renesas at technical conferences, standards bodies, and ecosystem forums, contributing to thought leadership and technology direction.
- Contribute to training program definition and rollout, mentor senior engineers, and drive systematic lessons‑learned and best‑practice sharing across teams and programs.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Strong can‑do attitude, adaptability, and openness to diverse people, cultures, and working environments.
- Educational background in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Hands‑on experience across key portions of the SoC development lifecycle, including: Front‑end architecture and RTL design Verification RTL‑to‑GDSII flow Embedded software and system‑level integration
- Broad technical exposure across multiple domains such as Automotive, Multimedia, Networking, Compute, Computer Vision, and Software‑defined systems.
- Proven ability to influence and coordinate across highly experienced, globally distributed cross‑functional teams.
- Excellent communication, problem‑solving, and technical leadership skills with a strong focus on quality and execution.
- M.Tech / B.Tech in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with 12+ years of experience in SoC/MCU architecture and RTL design, including leadership across the full NPI lifecycle.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Renesas
Renesas Electronics Corporation is a global semiconductor manufacturer that designs and supplies advanced embedded processors, microcontrollers, analog, power, and connectivity solutions. Serving the automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT sectors, the company delivers integrated technology to support smarter and more sustainable applications worldwide.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 21629 employees
- Founded
- 2002-11-01
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO
Shuhei Shinkai
CFO
Vivek Bhan
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering
Stephen Limoges
Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer
Utae Nakanishi
CHRO
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