Senior Manager - Application Engineering

Sr Manager, Application Engineering

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Role Overview

This role owns the strategy and delivery of Renesas Hardware Support Packages, spanning MBD platforms, middleware foundation, and peripheral enablement.

The position blends technical leadership, execution excellence, and governance to scale high‑quality MBD solutions aligned with customer and business objectives.

Accountability includes defining multi‑year roadmaps, establishing quality and governance frameworks, and building high‑performing teams to expand MCU/MPU platform coverage while deepening peripheral blocksets capability across current and next‑generation Renesas devices.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Renesas Support Package charter, delivering Renesas‑specific MBD enablement on top of Renesas specific Hardware Support Package.
• Drive platform breadth by scaling support across Renesas MCU and MPU families through variant creation.
• Drive technical depth by developing high‑quality peripheral blocksets and MBD solutions optimized for Renesas architectures.
• Establish clear interfaces, ownership boundaries, and release alignment with MathWorks while maintaining independent Renesas delivery accountability.
• Build and scale a dedicated Renesas team to reduce time‑to‑market and improve customer experience across MATLAB releases.

Qualifications

• Experience creating and delivering custom MATLAB/Simulink blocksets or target support package solutions for a semiconductor solution.
• B. Tech/M. Tech in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field with 12+ years of experience.
• Solid understanding of MCU/MPU ecosystems, including hardware abstraction, peripheral enablement, and release governance.
• Experience leading complex, cross‑functional product or platform development from concept through production release, including multi-year roadmap.
• Demonstrated ability to drive platform‑level technical and business decisions, balancing user experience, quality, time‑to‑market, and cost.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Advantage

• Exposure to collaboration with Mathworks or similar platform partner.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     

At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting 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 law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.

Experience Level

Senior Level