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Renesas Electronics

Automotive-focused MCUs, SoCs, analog devices

MCU HW Architect/Engineer

Silicon & ASIC DesignUpdated on Nov 11
Full-timeKodaira, Tokyo, JapanNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least approximately five years of practical experience in semiconductor product development, such as MCU, SoC, or ASIC development.
  • Experience in at least one of digital circuit design, embedded software development, or system design.
  • Knowledge of embedded-system architecture, including CPU, memory, bus, and peripheral functions.
  • Experience creating product specifications or requirements specifications.
  • Experience advancing product-development projects in coordination with related departments.

Responsibilities

  • Design system architecture for microcontrollers (MCUs).
  • Analyze market and customer requirements and define product specifications and system configurations for next-generation MCUs.
  • Design overall MCU architecture, including CPU, memory, bus, analog functions, communication functions, and security functions.
  • Develop optimal hardware configurations considering performance, power consumption, chip area, and manufacturing cost.
  • Evaluate the adoption of new and peripheral functions and define their specifications.
  • Advance product development in coordination with semiconductor design engineers, software engineers, and product-planning departments.
  • Conduct technical reviews and make decisions from an architecture perspective within development projects.
  • Contribute to the definition of future MCU platforms and product roadmaps.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in MCU or SoC system design or architecture design.
  • Experience defining MCU product specifications.
  • Knowledge of CPU architectures such as ARM and RISC-V.
  • Knowledge of low-power design, functional safety, and security functions.
  • Knowledge of peripheral functions and communication interfaces such as CAN, Ethernet, USB, SPI, and I2C.
  • Experience analyzing technical issues at the system level and formulating solutions.

About the Company

Renesas Electronics

Automotive-focused MCUs, SoCs, analog devices

Renesas manufactures and sells MCUs, SoCs, and analog/power semiconductor devices to OEMs, focusing on automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT markets. Its chips are building blocks that run embedded software and manage power and signals, and its Winning Combinations offer pre-tested system architectures to speed up design. It differentiates itself by growing through acquisitions to offer a broad, integrated portfolio and by moving toward a unified digital design platform to reduce integration work. Its goal is to become a leading supplier of these components and provide a single platform for electronics design that speeds time-to-market.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2002

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