Senior Director, SystemC & Virtual Platform Engineering

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.

Renesas is seeking a Senior Director of SystemC and Virtual Platform Engineering to lead a global organization responsible for advancing Software First and Simulation First product development.

This leader will define and execute the strategy for delivering reusable SystemC IP models, virtual SoC platforms, verification infrastructure, embedded software enablement, and Digital Twin solutions . These capabilities enable software development, hardware/software integration, validation, and product evaluation before silicon is available.

Responsibilities

Define the company-wide strategy and roadmap for SystemC, TLM-2.0, Virtual Platforms, virtual prototyping, and pre-silicon software development.; Lead a global organization spanning SystemC methodology, IP and SoC modeling, design verification, Virtual Platform engineering, embedded software, and product validation.; Productize modeling and simulation technologies into versioned, verified, documented, and supported engineering releases.; Build a reusable portfolio of SystemC/TLM IP models, virtual peripherals, verification assets, software examples, and development infrastructure.; Oversee integration of reusable IP models into executable virtual SoC and product platforms supporting boot, firmware, drivers, debug, trace, applications, and system use cases.; Establish a reuse-first verification strategy spanning SystemC LT/AT models, RTL, IP, subsystem, SoC, and platform validation.; Partner with Product Groups on use cases, fidelity, acceptance criteria, investment priorities, and delivery plans.; Drive Digital Twin and cloud-hosted engineering workflows, while managing portfolio, budget, staffing, partners, schedules, risks, and executive reporting.

Requirements

Strategic technical leadership with strong execution discipline.; Credible judgment across modeling, architecture, verification, software, validation, and infrastructure.; Ability to influence Product Groups, customers, executives, and external partners.; Passion for organization development, mentoring, innovation, reuse, and measurable engineering quality.; Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.; 20+ years of semiconductor industry experience with significant engineering leadership experience in semiconductor development, Virtual Platforms, SoC engineering, embedded systems, EDA, or hardware/software co-development.; Demonstrated success leading global, multidisciplinary engineering organizations.; Strong knowledge of SoC architecture, embedded processors, IP development, firmware, drivers, verification, and hardware/software integration.; Experience taking emerging technology from proof of concept to a repeatable, supported engineering capability.; Proven portfolio leadership across staffing, budgets, schedules, quality, dependencies, partners, and executive stakeholders.