# Sr Principal Engineer, NPU Architecture at Renesas Electronics

- Company: Renesas Electronics
- What the company does: 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,...
- Company website: https://www.renesas.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Austin, TEXAS
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-28
- Apply by: 2026-11-12
- Apply: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/RenesasElectronics/744000152254419
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/renesas-electronics-sr-principal-engineer-npu-architecture/

## About the role

Renesas is seeking a Sr Principal NPU Architect to define and lead the next generation of AI acceleration technologies for Automotive High Performance Compute (HPC) platforms. This role will be responsible for driving the architectural vision, hardware-software co-design strategy, and technical roadmap for Neural Processing Units (NPUs) deployed across future microcontroller (MCU), microprocessor (MPU), and heterogeneous compute platforms.

## What they're looking for

- 15+ years of semiconductor architecture experience, including significant experience in AI accelerators, NPUs, GPUs, DSPs, or other high-performance compute architectures
- Demonstrated ownership of architecture definition through silicon execution and product delivery
- Proven track record leading cross-functional architecture initiatives spanning hardware and software domains