Director of Product Definition - Renesas Electronics

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world.

Renesas’s CMSD (Configurable Mixed Signal Division) is seeking a highly experienced product definer with expertise in high performance analog & data converter applications. CMSD develops highly configurable mixed-signal products (GreenPAKTM , GreenFETTM, PowerGreenPAKTM, and ForgeFPGATM families) for a wide range of applications such as consumer, industrial, computing, and automotive applications.

A successful candidate will have in-depth system-level understanding and knowledge about semiconductor, hardware, and software development for high performance analog and mixed-signal systems in consumer, industrial, and automotive applications. The candidate will be responsible for researching technical trends and defining innovative high performance analog devices. Also, he or she will work closely with customers’ system engineering, hardware, and software teams to help define and use Renesas’s products.

We are looking for someone who can build close working relationships with key customers as well as Renesas’s sales and FAE teams to define innovative products that can solve customers’ problems by understanding their needs or technical challenges customers are facing. The candidate will be responsible for conducting feasibility studies and taking the proposed product concept/ideas into a technical document (objective specification) that are the inputs to IC design teams.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Listen, fully understand, and anticipate the needs of our current and prospective customers.
• Work with marketing team to define product roadmap and ensure that we have a plan for sustainable differentiation in the product category.
• Work with design to conduct feasibility studies for high performance amplifiers, ADC, and DAC IP developments.
• Identify new product ideas and convert them into objective specifications that can solve customer problems creatively (avoid non-competitive ‘me-too’ approaches).
• Work closely with design, apps, marketing, sales/FAE and even customers throughout the product development process to ensure product development and customer’s engagement remains on track.
• Own objective specifications and author preliminary datasheets.

Minimum Requirements:

• BSEE/MSEE degree or advanced degree plus minimum 15 years of experience in high performance analog applications with consistent track record of results.
• In depth knowledge in programmable gain amplifier, ADC, and DAC applications.
• Intimate knowledge of various power conversion architectures is a plus.
• Experience in proposing, defining, and developing semiconductor products.
• Expertise in using lab equipment to debug and evaluate high performance analog products.
• Ability to understand the customers’ problems and needs, and to propose a solution.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage conflicts and meet deadlines.

• BSEE/MSEE degree or advanced degree plus minimum 15 years of experience in high performance analog applications with consistent track record of results.
• In depth knowledge in programmable gain amplifier, ADC, and DAC applications.
• Intimate knowledge of various power conversion architectures is a plus.
• Experience in proposing, defining, and developing semiconductor products.
• Expertise in using lab equipment to debug and evaluate high performance analog products.
• Ability to understand the customers’ problems and needs, and to propose a solution.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage conflicts and meet deadlines.

The expected annual pay range for this position is $191,500 - $287,500. This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.

Renesas offers a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, and pet insurance. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive company-paid life insurance and AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as paid sick time, paid holidays, and accrued paid vacation. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at renesas.com.

Renesas’ mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.