Senior Software Engineer – Benchmarking, Performance & Competitive Analysis
Renesas Electronics5 hours ago
Responsibilities
- Design and execute systematic benchmarks comparing Renesas solutions with competitor platforms.
- Develop standardized, repeatable, and defensible cross-vendor benchmark methodologies.
- Benchmark connectivity interfaces and solution-level industrial networking, latency, bandwidth, graphics, and AI workloads.
- Build automated benchmark frameworks and test harnesses for continuous regression tracking.
- Author competitive analysis reports and present findings to engineering leadership, product management, and sales teams.
- Provide objective performance data and demonstrations for customer-facing activities.
- Collaborate with architecture and marketing teams to translate benchmark findings into product requirements.
- Stay current with industry benchmarks and emerging workload requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- 7+ years of experience in embedded systems performance analysis, benchmarking, or competitive analysis roles in the semiconductor industry.
- Experience designing and executing rigorous, reproducible benchmark campaigns.
- Knowledge of industrial communication protocols including TSN, EtherCAT, PROFINET, and CAN-FD.
- Experience with network latency and bandwidth measurement, RFC 2544-style testing, and packet generators.
- Experience with graphics and compute APIs, profiling, and benchmark suites including SPEC, CoreMark, Dhrystone, LMbench, GLMark, LuxMark, and Stream.
- Proficiency with performance profiling tools and use of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
- Ability to use Python for test orchestration and data analysis, with statistical analysis skills including variance analysis, confidence intervals, and controlled A/B comparisons.
- Embedded Linux and RTOS administration and configuration experience, including Yocto, buildroot, FreeRTOS, and Zephyr.
- ARM and RISC-V architecture expertise, including NEON and RVV vector extensions, plus understanding of cache hierarchy, DMA, and SoC data paths.
- Experience publishing or contributing to benchmark standards such as EEMBC or MLPerf is preferred.
- AI/ML inference benchmarking experience with MLPerf, ONNX Runtime, TensorFlow Lite, or CMSIS-NN is preferred.
- Competitive analysis or technical product marketing experience, sales-team technical due diligence, and hardware emulation or early silicon bring-up experience are preferred.
Benefits
- Regular permanent employment.
- Not remote; remote work is not available.
- Competitive benefits package; further details are provided during the hiring process.
About Renesas Electronics
Renesas Electronics designs and sells microcontrollers, analog and power ICs, and connectivity solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT manufacturers. Its portfolio spans embedded processing, power management and ADAS-ready components, sold directly and through channels to OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers, with software and development tools to integrate them. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Tokyo, it is a public company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and has expanded through acquisitions including Intersil and Dialog Semiconductor.