Senior Manager / Director, Emerging Applications & Technology Architecture

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.

Key Responsibilities

Technology & Market Leadership

Architecture & Solution Development

- 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.

Product & Business Influence

- 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.

Team Leadership & Ecosystem Development

- 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.

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.

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 have

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.