Job Summary:
Renesas Electronics is an embedded semiconductor solution provider seeking a highly skilled Senior Staff AI Engineer to lead their Edge AI Applications Lab. The role involves managing R&D projects, developing edge AI applications, and collaborating with customers and internal teams to optimize AI models for microcontroller deployment.
Responsibilities:
โข Lead Edge AI Applications Lab, including management of project, people, facilities and scheduling.
โข Develop and maintain edge AI based applications, demos and solutions combining tiny ML models in a wide variety of physical hardware settings, including consumer devices, industrial machines and automotive.
โข Collaborate with customers and internal product teams to ingest, debug, and analyze their data for model development.
โข Work with other AI and embedded engineers to optimize and deploy AI models suitable for microcontrollers (MCUs) and embedded platforms.
โข Manage a variety of projects both technically and logistically in an industrial laboratory setting, including planning, part procurement, instrumentation, hardware setup and creating ML models.
โข Fabricate and assemble hardware setups (e.g., physical systems, sensor arrays, embedded boards) and collect data from real-world physical environments to support model development and validation.
โข Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical leadership across teams.
โข Stay current with emerging technologies in AI, embedded ML, and signal processing.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข Masterโs or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related technical field, and 7-12 years career experience.
โข Understanding of AI/ML algorithms with experience deploying models on MCUs
โข Practical fabrication of prototype systems that include physical, microelectronic, and sensor elements in novel combinations, including familiarity with design tools, 3D printing, and hands-on electrical and physical assembly.
โข Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and collaborating effectively across multiple cross-functional groups
โข Broad familiarity with types of sensors and their placement and applications in practical systems. Including hands-on experience with audio, electrical, accelerometers and control system signals.
โข Experience working with large high-frequency sensor datasets (e.g., audio, electrical, motor control, accel, etc.), including debugging, preprocessing and ML Ops.
โข Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, and C, specifically including experience with real-time edge computing and embedded systems.
Preferred:
โข Background in digital signal processing (DSP) for audio and time-series data preferred.
Company:
Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose โTo Make Our Lives Easier.โ As the industryโs leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Tokyo, JPN, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.