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About the Role

The Systems Architect role is crucial for reflecting market demands into future MCU products by designing the overall architecture, including CPU, bus architecture, memory configuration, peripheral functions, and power/clock configurations. This position involves optimizing feasibility, competitiveness, cost, and power consumption, and leading the realization of next-generation MCUs from concept to mass production in collaboration with hardware, software, and product planning teams. It's a challenging and impactful position where technical ideas directly influence product direction and market competitiveness.

Responsibilities

Design the system architecture for microcontrollers (MCUs).
Analyze market and customer requirements to define product specifications and system configurations for next-generation MCUs.
Design the overall MCU architecture, including CPU, memory, bus, analog functions, communication functions, and security functions.
Propose optimal hardware configurations considering performance, power consumption, chip area, and manufacturing costs.
Evaluate and define specifications for new and peripheral functions.
Promote product development in collaboration with semiconductor design engineers, software engineers, and product planning departments.
Conduct technical reviews and make architectural decisions within development projects.
Participate in the formulation of future MCU platforms and product roadmaps.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of practical experience in semiconductor product development, such as MCUs, SoCs, or ASICs.
Experience in digital circuit design, embedded software development, or system design.
Knowledge of embedded system architecture, including CPUs, memory, buses, and peripheral functions.
Experience in creating product specifications and requirement specifications.
Experience in promoting product development projects in collaboration with related departments.

Skills

System architecture design for MCUs or SoCs
MCU product specification definition
CPU architecture knowledge (ARM, RISC-V)
Low-power design
Functional safety
Security functions
Peripheral functions and communication interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C)
System-level problem analysis and solution proposal

Location

Japan

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

5+ years

Benefits

Competitive compensation package
Comprehensive benefits (details provided during the selection process)

About the Company

Renesas is a global company providing embedded semiconductor solutions with the purpose 'To Make Our Lives Easier'. We contribute to a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future by engaging in cutting-edge technology development in automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT fields with over 21,000 engineers and problem-solving professionals worldwide.
Our corporate culture, 'TAGIE' (Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, Entrepreneurial), is central to how we work, grow, and achieve our purpose. This collaborative spirit and challenging mindset enable us to transform industries through semiconductor technology and contribute to people's lives globally.