MCU Program Lead — Global Delivery & Execution

Renesas Electronics; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics in Plano, Texas seeks a Sr Manager, Project/Program Design for MCU Products to lead customer-facing programs from proposal through production launch and lifecycle support. You will drive cross-functional execution across engineering, operations, and quality to deliver MCU products on schedule.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in semiconductors or embedded systems and 5+ years in technical program management, plus strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, automotive electronics, or related industries.
• 5+ years of experience in technical program management, customer program management, or project execution roles.
• Experience managing complex MCU or SoC product development programs.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems, software development lifecycles, and semiconductor product development.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional global teams and customer relationships.
• Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of MCU product programs across silicon, software, systems, validation, manufacturing, and quality teams.
• Build and maintain integrated program schedules with clear milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Drive execution readiness for silicon bring-up, software releases, validation, qualification, and production launch.
• Track program KPIs including schedule, cost, quality, risk, and resource utilization.
• Identify execution risks proactively and lead mitigation and recovery plans.
• Coordinate global cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, product marketing, applications, quality, and supply chain.
• Ensure alignment between customer commitments and internal execution capabilities.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Customer relationship management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Project scheduling

Executive communication

Global team coordination

Embedded systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Renesas Electronics in Plano, Texas seeks a Sr Manager, Project/Program Design for MCU Products to lead customer-facing programs from proposal through production launch and lifecycle support. You will drive cross-functional execution across engineering, operations, and quality to deliver MCU products on schedule.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in semiconductors or embedded systems and 5+ years in technical program management, plus strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management