Principal System Engineer

About the role

Renesas Electronics is hiring a Principal System Engineer in Kodaira on a full-time basis. The role focuses on 80-90% on systems work and 10-20% on safety, supporting the company's high-side switch portfolio and its automotive power distribution applications.

Key responsibilities

• Leverage strong technical knowledge of the existing high-side switch portfolio and the technologies, standards and protocols of the industry, and turn customer requirements into technical specifications
• Benchmark competitors and track the latest research in the vehicle power distribution domain
• Interface with and lead discussions with customers and TI field teams to understand their designs, problems and support needs
• Balance innovation with execution so that intellectual property is demonstrated in silicon on time
• Derive, define and verify safety requirements from higher-level system requirements
• Contribute to the definition of chip-level safety architecture in line with ISO 26262
• Perform and review safety analyses such as DFMEA, DFA, FMEDA and FTA

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment and in cross-functional teams
• Ability to take initiative and drive results
• English proficiency sufficient for business conversation (around TOEIC 700)

Required skills

• Deep understanding of commonly used analog circuits and blocks in power products
• Deep understanding of electrothermal analysis
• ISO 26262 IC product experience (must-have)
• Nice to have: automotive power management, power switches, power packaging, FuSa certification, thermal and circuit/block simulators, PCB and EMC design