Principal Technical Leader for Automotive Systems Power

Renesas Electronics; Bayern; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Principal Engineer to serve as a global technical authority driving design excellence across complex IC development from specification and customer engagement through design, verification, silicon validation, and production readiness.

The role requires deep technical leadership, collaboration across globally distributed teams, and the ability to influence roadmaps, improve engineering practices, and adopt AI-enabled workflows to elevate product quality and

Qualifikationen

• 12–15+ years of analog and/or mixed-signal IC design experience.
• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field.

Aufgaben

• Provide global technical leadership across multiple programs.
• Lead end-to-end design from requirements through silicon validation and production readiness.
• Balance technical trade-offs for performance, power, area, reliability and manufacturability.
• Drive verification, test, and validation strategies to align simulations with silicon behavior.
• Mentor engineers and influence organizational strategy and roadmaps.

Kenntnisse

Analog IC design

Mixed-signal

Technical leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Mentoring

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's in EE

Tools

EDA tools

Jobbeschreibung

We are seeking Principal Engineer to serve as a global technical authority who drives design excellence, technical execution, and engineering capability across complex integrated circuit development. This role spans the full lifecycle from specification and customer engagement through design, verification, silicon validation, and production readiness. The candidate combines deep technical expertise with the ability to challenge the status quo, drive execution improvements, and elevate organizational performance through strong collaboration across development teams.

• Provide global technical leadership, setting engineering direction and driving complex system and design decisions across multiple programs.
• Lead end-to-end design execution, owning critical blocks from requirements definition through silicon validation and production readiness.
• Balance technical trade-offs by translating requirements into architectures optimized for performance, power, area, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Ensure engineering excellence through technical reviews, design oversight, adherence to best practices, and high-quality documentation.
• Drive verification, test, and validation strategies, ensuring alignment between simulation results, silicon behavior, and system-level performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, aligning design, verification, test, validation, quality, reliability, and applications engineering worldwide.
• Advance methodologies, automation, and AI adoption, improving engineering efficiency, traceability, documentation, and development workflows.
• Mentor engineers and influence organizational strategy, strengthening technical capability, improving engineering practices, and contributing to roadmap direction and industry best practices.

• 12–15+ years of analog and/or mixed-signal IC design experience, including technical leadership of complex semiconductor products and system developments.
• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field, with advanced qualifications preferred.
• Strong expertise across the full product lifecycle, including system architecture, design, verification, validation, DFT, test, and production readiness.
• Proven leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional global teams, collaborate in multicultural environments, and deliver high-quality results under demanding schedules.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose “To Make Our Lives Easier.” As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, “To Make Our Lives Easier.”

At Renesas, you can:

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.
• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?

Join Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.

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. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.