Director of Emerging Applications & Tech Architecture

Renesas Electronics Corp.; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Senior Manager/Director to lead Emerging Applications & Technology Architecture, guiding world‑class architects in AI, robotics, edge computing, and related domains. You will bridge customers, ecosystem partners, product groups, and engineering to translate market opportunities into differentiated solutions.

The role demands deep technical depth, business acumen, and proven leadership with 12+ years in semiconductors/embedded systems, plus 5+ years managing tech

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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 emerging technology domains such as AI/Edge AI, Robotics, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, IoT.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive Renesas' system architecture strategy for emerging applications and 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Architecture design

Embedded systems

AI/Edge AI

Education

Master's/PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering/CS

Job description

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Senior Manager/Director to lead Emerging Applications & Technology Architecture, guiding world‑class architects in AI, robotics, edge computing, and related domains. You will bridge customers, ecosystem partners, product groups, and engineering to translate market opportunities into differentiated solutions.

The role demands deep technical depth, business acumen, and proven leadership with 12+ years in semiconductors/embedded systems, plus 5+ years managing tech