We are seeking a visionary Director of Application & System Architecture to lead the definition and delivery of advanced semiconductorâbased system solutions across Industrial, and IoT markets. You will guide a team of architects, shape crossâdomain solution roadmaps, and drive alignment between customer needs, market trends, and Renesas product strategies. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to influence across business units and global customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a highâperforming team of system and application architects.
- Define systemâlevel solutions for Industrial, and IoT applications using Renesas MCUs/MPUs, SoCs, power devices, sensors, and connectivity.
- Translate customer problems and market trends into system requirements, architecture definitions, and longâterm solution roadmaps.
- Align system architecture strategies with Product Groups, solution marketing, and engineering teams.
- Drive HW/SW partitioning, interface definition, and system integration with focus on cost, performance, scalability, and manufacturability.
- Oversee system specifications (SRDs), reference designs, simulation workflows, and realâworld useâcase validation.
- Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards (e.g., ASIL, SIL/IEC, EMC, cybersecurity).
- Conduct competitive benchmarking, identify capability gaps, and guide PG roadmaps with strategic insight.
- Support customer engagements, coâdevelopment activities, and complex system design reviews.
- Promote internal knowledge sharing, standards, best practices, and crossâdomain architecture methodologies.
- Collaborate with ecosystem partners, startups, and academic institutions to evaluate emerging technologies.