Senior Software Engineer – Benchmarking, Performance & Competitive Analysis
Core
Lead benchmarking and competitive analysis for Renesas silicon solutions, focusing on industrial networking, latency, bandwidth, graphics, and AI workloads to inform product positioning and roadmap.
Role type
Senior IC benchmarking engineer (semiconductor)
Builds
Automated benchmark frameworks, test harnesses, and reproducible performance data sets
Domain
Semiconductor industry, embedded systems, industrial networking, AI inference
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Embedded systems performance analysis, industrial communication protocols (TSN, EtherCAT, PROFINET), network latency/bandwidth measurement, graphics/compute APIs (OpenGL, Vulkan), industry benchmark suites (SPEC, CoreMark, MLPerf), performance profiling tools, statistical analysis, Python scripting, embedded Linux/RTOS administration, ARM/RISC-V architecture
Preferred skills
Industry benchmark standards contribution (EEMBC, MLPerf), AI/ML inference benchmarking, competitive analysis/product marketing experience, hardware emulation/early silicon bring-up
Technologies
Python, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, OpenCL, TSN, PROFINET, EtherCAT, Modbus, OPC UA, Yocto, buildroot, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ARM, RISC-V, NEON, RVV
Responsibilities
Design and execute systematic benchmarking programs comparing Renesas solutions against competitors; Develop standardized benchmark methodologies; Conduct interface and solution-level benchmarking across connectivity, latency, graphics, and AI domains; Build automated benchmark frameworks; Author competitive analysis reports and present to leadership; Support customer-facing technical demonstrations; Collaborate with architecture and marketing to translate insights into product requirements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
