Sr Manager- Application Engineering

Renesas Electronics; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Employee Resource Groups

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

A leading semiconductor solutions provider in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Manager to drive the RH850 Motor Control and Automotive Application Platform. This role involves shaping the platform strategy, leading cross-functional teams, and managing program execution. The ideal candidate should have a B. Tech/M. Tech with over 12 years of experience in automotive electronics, along with proven leadership in product development. The position offers a hybrid work model, allowing remote work two days a week.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years experience in automotive applications.
• Experience leading complex product development programs.
• Ability to drive technical and business decisions.
• Ability to drive platform-level decisions balancing UX, quality, time-to-market and cost.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and roadmap for platform development.
• Drive alignment across global cross-functional teams.
• Manage program planning and ensure process discipline.
• Align and motivate global cross-functional teams toward shared goals and flawless execution.
• Manage program planning, tracking, and gate reviews with budget and schedule discipline.
• Mitigate risks through data-driven decision-making and ROI focus.
• Communicate milestones, risks, and readiness to stakeholders.
• Champion quality, standardization, and scalable developer experiences.

Skills

Technical background in automotive electronics

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Execution rigor

Cross-functional leadership

Education

B. Tech/M. Tech in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Embedded software

Job description

Overview

This role is responsible for defining, developing, and executing the RH850 Motor Control and Automotive Application Platform, with user experience, quality, and customer value as central design principles.

The Senior Manager will act as the platform execution owner, driving alignment across global cross-functional teams and ensuring predictable delivery from concept through market release. This role requires strong technical depth in automotive applications combined with program leadership, platform decision-making, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own the RH850 Motor Control and Automotive Application Platform strategy and roadmap, with user experience and customer value as core design principles.
• Drive platform-level technical and business decisions, leveraging deep automotive application knowledge to position Renesas solutions as the best fit for target use cases.
• Lead end-to-end execution of platform development from concept through sample release, qualification, ramp readiness, and market launch.
• Align and motivate global cross-functional teams (Design, Marketing, Systems & Applications, Validation, Product & Test Engineering, Firmware/Software, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Quality) toward shared goals and flawless execution.
• Manage program planning, tracking, and Project Gate Reviews, ensuring process discipline, schedule predictability, budget adherence, and execution efficiency.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical, schedule, quality, and supply chain risks, driving disciplined, data-driven decision-making and positive ROI.
• Serve as a clear communicator to stakeholders, providing structured updates on milestones, risks, qualification status, and release readiness.
• Champion quality, standardization, and scalability, continuously improving execution discipline while delivering a best-in-class end-user development experience.

Qualifications

• B. Tech/M. Tech in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field with 12+ years of experience.
• Strong technical background in automotive electronics, motor control systems, or embedded automotive platforms.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional product or platform development programs from concept through production release.
• Demonstrated ability to drive platform-level technical and business decisions, balancing user experience, quality, time-to-market, and cost.
• Strong program management, execution rigor, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, global environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building embedded development platforms with broad adoption across the embedded engineering community, emphasizing usability, scalability, and developer experience.
• Experience handling Regulatory Compliance Certifications and Global Market Access (GMA) requirements for embedded electronic products.

Additional Information

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 provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 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 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. Let’s Shape the Future together.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting 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 law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.