Sr Staff Engineer, AI/ML Applications

Renesaselectronics; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer to build AI-powered engineering applications and data platforms that accelerate decision-making and reduce cycle time. You will lead full-stack solutions, integrating LLMs, RAG, vector databases, and agent frameworks, with data pipelines and modern React-based UIs.

The role spans data engineering, backend services, AI integration, and React-based user experiences, enabling copilots, design explorers, and digital-thread platforms for semiconductor

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electronics, AI/ML, or related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience developing AI-enabled applications using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, or agent-based architectures.
• Strong experience in Data Engineering including ETL pipelines and large-scale data processing using Azure Databricks.
• Strong proficiency in Python and backend development.
• Hands-on experience with React.js, TypeScript, HTML, and modern web technologies.
• Experience building REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of AI-powered engineering applications and platforms.
• Integrate LLMs, RAG systems, vector databases, and agent frameworks into production solutions.
• Design scalable data ingestion, transformation, and serving pipelines for engineering data.
• Build backend services and APIs supporting AI agents, workflow orchestration, analytics, and decision-support systems.
• Develop modern web applications using React.js and TypeScript.
• Design data models connecting requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, and sign-off results into a unified engineering knowledge platform.
• Build dashboards, analytics, and workflow automation solutions that improve engineering productivity and reduce cycle time.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Design, Verification, and Product Engineering teams to deliver high-impact AI solutions.
• Drive technical direction, architecture reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor engineers and influence technology strategy across teams.

Skills

Strong problem-solving

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Excellent communication

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Electronics/AI/ML or related

Tools

Python

React.js

TypeScript

Azure Databricks

LLMs/RAG

Vector databases

Job description

Job Summary

Renesas is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer to build AI-powered engineering applications and data platforms that improve semiconductor development productivity, accelerate decision-making, and reduce engineering cycle time.

The ideal candidate will lead the development of scalable full-stack solutions that transform engineering data into actionable insights through AI-driven workflows, analytics, and modern web applications. This role spans data engineering, backend services, AI integration, and React-based user experiences, enabling solutions such as engineering copilots, design exploration agents, workflow automation, and digital-thread platforms.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead development of AI-powered engineering applications and platforms.
• Integrate LLMs, RAG systems, vector databases, and agent frameworks into production solutions.
• Design and implement scalable data ingestion, transformation, and serving pipelines for engineering data.
• Build backend services and APIs supporting AI agents, workflow orchestration, analytics, and decision-support systems.
• Develop modern web applications using React.js and TypeScript.
• Design data models connecting requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, and sign-off results into a unified engineering knowledge platform.
• Build dashboards, analytics, and workflow automation solutions that improve engineering productivity and reduce cycle time.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Design, Verification, and Product Engineering teams to identify and deliver high-impact AI solutions.
• Drive technical direction, architecture reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor engineers and influence technology strategy across teams.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electronics, AI/ML, or related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience developing AI-enabled applications using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, or agent-based architectures.
• Strong experience in Data Engineering, including ETL pipelines, data modelling, data quality, and large-scale data processing using Azure Data Bricks.
• Strong proficiency in Python and backend application development.
• Hands-on experience with React.js, TypeScript, HTML, and modern web technologies.
• Experience building REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Strong software design, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with semiconductor design flows, EDA tools, or engineering productivity platforms.
• Familiarity with physical design, verification, PPA analysis, or silicon development workflows.
• Experience with graph databases, knowledge graphs, and engineering knowledge-management systems.
• Experience with docker, cloud-native platforms, and workflow orchestration frameworks.

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 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 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?

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 .

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier . With a global t