Job Description
Renesas is seeking a System Architect and Product Definer for automotive Battery Management ICs, with a strong focus on functional safety–compliant system design.
In this role, you will translate customer and market requirements into robust, safe, and cost‑effective IC solutions, working closely with global cross‑functional teams across system, safety, hardware, software, and product management.
Key Responsibilities
1. Define system requirements and run use‑case analysis for automotive Battery Management ICs
2. Define product concepts, applications, and system solutions aligned with customer and market needs
3. Perform solution and cost trade‑off analyses to support competitive and scalable product positioning
4. Create, structure, and maintain system and product requirements using Polarion
5. Develop system and IC architectures, including functional partitioning and interface definition
6. Define and document functional behavior, operating modes, and safety‑related functions
7. Perform SPICE and MATLAB simulations to analyze circuit behavior, performance, and robustness
8. Develop reference schematics and layouts based on automotive requirements
9. Support functional safety activities across the product lifecycle, including:Contribution to safety analyses (HARA, FMEA, FMEDA, DFA)Support definition of safety concepts and safety mechanisms
10. Use Medini Analyze to support safety modeling, traceability, and analysis
11. Support architectural decisions considering functional safety, reliability, cost, and manufacturability
12. Collaborate with global teams across design, verification, safety, applications, and marketing
13. Contribute to compliance with automotive quality, safety, and development standards
Qualifications
14. Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
15. Fluent English communication skills (written and spoken)
16. Proven experience in automotive electronics development, ideally within a Tier‑1 ECU environment
17. Strong background in system architecture and product definition
18. Experience with requirements engineering tools (Polarion or equivalent)
19. Hands‑on experience with SPICE‑based simulation and MATLAB / Simulink
20. Experience supporting functional safety–related development activities
21. Solid understanding of automotive battery management systems and power electronics
22. Experience with Battery Management Systems (BMS) or power management ICs
23. Practical experience with ISO 26262 (ASIL‑oriented development)
Preferred Qualifications
24. Experience using Medini Analyze for safety analysis and traceability
25. Experience working in international, cross‑cultural engineering teams
26. Strong analytical skills with a system‑level, customer‑focused mindset
27. Product definition of automotive mixed-signal ICs