Principal Engineer, Application Engineering (f/m/d)

Company Description Ready to join the future of innovation in Automotive at Renesas? This is a great time to be in the Automotive space. Cars are undergoing a big transformation into software platforms on wheels, as they move to become Electric, Automated & Personalized. Under the hood, the electronics infrastructure is a key enabler with domain & zonal electronic architectures. Renesa is a leader in Automotive semiconductors. It is the role within the System Application Engineering team to fully understand the future trends of vehicle infrastructure, and how this maps to current and future Renesas MCU products.

Become part of a dynamic team that is analysing automotive systems to engage with vehicle OEMs and direct customers at expert level to define next generation automotive systems. There is a lot of room for new ideas and innovations, and you will be supported to have a continuous focus on development, coaching and creating a supportive environment for your team. Renesas strongly believes that the business is rapidly transforming, and future growth will be driven by innovations. Our engineers will help to lead this transformation.

Job Description Ready to join the future of innovation in Automotive at Renesas? This is a great time to be in the Automotive space. Cars are undergoing a big transformation into software platforms on wheels, as they move to become Electric, Automated & Personalized. Under the hood, the electronics infrastructure is a key enabler with domain & zonal electronic architectures. Renesa is a leader in Automotive semiconductors. It is the role within the System Application Engineering team to fully understand the future trends of vehicle infrastructure, and how this maps to current and future Renesas MCU products.

Become part of a dynamic team that is analysing automotive systems to engage with vehicle OEMs and direct customers at expert level to define next generation automotive systems. There is a lot of room for new ideas and innovations, and you will be supported to have a continuous focus on development, coaching and creating a supportive environment for your team. Renesas strongly believes that the business is rapidly transforming, and future growth will be driven by innovations. Our engineers will help to lead this transformation.

Job Description

• Understand vehicle E/E architecture evolution and resulting impact on MCU (e.g. impact of central compute and zonalization trend)
• Understand MCU SW ecosystem and architecture and impact on MCU architecture
• Analyse Software / Hardware tradeoffs
• Drive thought leadership of innovative concepts disrupting the market
• Build and maintain technical relationships with key architects at OEMs and leading Tier Ones
• Follow latest market trends to predict changes in product
• Closely follow technology trends and predict their impact
• Closely work with Marketing on Market requirements
• Work closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure that the system meets their needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or similar required, Masters preferred
• Vast knowledge in relevant experience
• Strong understanding of automotive applications. We are looking for several candidates covering those segment:

• Electrification, e.g. Inverter, DC/DC, Onboard Charger, …
• Vehicle E/E architecture, e.g. central gateways, zonal ECUs, ECU up integration

• High level of experience in microcontroller/microprocessor architectures as well as network interfaces (Ethernet, CAN…)
• Good understanding of software needs for AutoSAR related applications driving the HW architecture
• Strong customer engagement & experience. Direct experience with Automotive Tier1 or OEMs preferred.
• Ability to work at the system-level, identifying optimal partitioning of solutions between hardware and softwa