Senior Principal Engineer - Product Marketing
On-site · Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Job Summary
Senior Principal Engineer, Product Marketing at Renesas leads strategic definition and long-range technology direction for the RZ-based industrial solutions, driving market strategy, portfolio competitiveness, and cross-domain integration across hardware, software, safety, and ecosystems. The role defines go-to-market direction, translates opportunities into prioritized market segments and solution focus areas, leads cohesive whole-product solutions across hardware, software, tools, and partner ecosystems, and engages with customers and partners to shape adoption in high-growth areas such as industrial automation, robotics, Physical AI, and intelligent edge systems. The position collaborates across engineering, product management, sales, and marketing to align roadmaps and execution, and contributes to strategy, roadmaps, and investments for differentiated, scalable solutions. Requires a Bachelor's (and a Master’s degree preferred) in a related technical field, 12+ years in semiconductors/embedded systems or related markets, and 7+ years in customer-facing technical roles with strong knowledge of microprocessor architectures, industrial safety/security, industrial Ethernet, and related technologies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- Master’s degree preferred
- 12+ years of experience in semiconductors, embedded systems, industrial automation, or related markets
- 7+ years of experience in product marketing, product definition, product management, applications engineering, system architecture, or similar customer-facing technical roles
- Strong knowledge of microprocessor and embedded system architectures, especially real-time and networked industrial control systems
- Demonstrated understanding of industrial technologies such as functional safety, product security, industrial Ethernet, motion control, robotics systems, sensing, and intelligent edge processing
- Experience developing market requirements, roadmaps, business cases, competitive analyses, and differentiated solution narratives
- Experience working across global cross-functional teams and influencing product direction without formal reporting authority
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively to both technical and business audiences
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