Senior Staff Technology Manager/Architect - Functional Safety (f/m/d)

Job description

Renesas is accelerating its roadmap for industrial automation silicon solutions, requiring clear specifications for next-generation technologies. As Technology Manager/Architect, you will define the industrial functional safety technology strategy and technical architecture by consolidating market requirements, technology trends, key customer needs, and the broader market environment.

Your Role

Define the software strategy and architecture for next-generation industrial functional safety solutions. Advance modular, scalable, and certifiable software platforms for industrial functional safety. Turn customer, market, and application needs into clear technical roadmaps and compelling industrial value propositions. Collaborate with functional safety stakeholders to define a concise, modular, cross-platform industrial functional safety strategy and architecture.

Engage early with certification authorities to align architecture and compliance strategy. Guide development teams from architecture definition through implementation and customer enablement. Track functional safety standards, market trends, and competitor activity to maintain Renesas’ technology leadership. Represent Renesas in strategic discussions with customers, partners, standards bodies, and ecosystem stakeholders.

Qualifications

M.Sc in Electrical/Electronic engineering or equivalent with additional expertise in software development. Deep knowledge of industrial functional safety standards, including IEC/EN 61508, IEC 61800-5-2, IEC 62061, ISO 10218-1, and related standards. Strong expertise in functional safety application design for industrial automation and robotics. Proven track record of transforming technical and market requirements into technology strategies and implementation success.

Openness to explore new technologies and markets to derive implementation recommendations from that. Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Excellent customer focus with strong communication skills. Familiarity with industrial automation technology such as industrial networking, functional safety, security. Result-oriented, self-organized, self-motivated with independence of thought.

We offer

A transparent, agile, global, innovative, and entrepreneurial organization and mindset. Strong Team orientation, fun to work, flat hierarchies.