Principal Engineer , SOC Architect

About Renesas India (India for India - IFI)

Renesas continues to significantly expand its presence in India, with headcount approaching 1, 000 and strong engagement across government, academia, and the broader semiconductor ecosystem. As India emerges as a strategic semiconductor market and a global talent hub, Renesas India for India (IFI) initiative is focused on creating differentiated products that address local market needs, while remaining globally competitive.

This role represents a rare opportunity to shape future silicon platforms from India-directly influencing product architecture, execution methodologies, and portfolio direction for a fast-growing, strategically important market. The individual will play a pivotal role in defining end-to-end SoC solutions that serve India s unique applications across automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and emerging domains.

Key Responsibilities

Product & Portfolio Architecture

• Work closely with Business, Product Management, Sales, and Customers to define product portfolio strategy and translate market needs into clear SoC/MCU requirements.
• Architect scalable SoC/MCU platforms, including detailed technical specifications and cost-benefit trade-offs across architecture options, process nodes, IP reuse, and integration strategies.
• Define-Own-Deliver SoC implementations that meet product KPIs, quality, cost, and schedule targets.
• Ensure end-to-end specification compliance across verification, validation, characterization, and production test, with rigorous review of outcomes prior to release.
• Drive paradigm shifts in SoC/MCU execution-covering team structures, tools, design methodologies, and processes-to enable high-quality, first-pass silicon.
• Lead IP selection strategies, including make/buy decisions, third-party IP evaluation, and long-term platform reuse.
• Collaborate deeply with RTL design, Design Verification, Firmware/Software, Pre- and Post-Silicon Validation, Test, and Program Management teams.
• Enable delivery of first-pass functional silicon on aggressive and aspirational schedules through architectural rigor and execution discipline.
• Engage with external stakeholders, including IP vendors, EDA partners, foundries, and OSATs.
• Represent Renesas at technical conferences, standards bodies, and ecosystem forums, contributing to thought leadership and technology direction.
• Contribute to training program definition and rollout, mentor senior engineers, and drive systematic lessons-learned and best-practice sharing across teams and programs. Qualifications