Senior Staff Engineer, Product Marketing – AI Datacenter Infrastructure

Renesas Electronics

. Define MCU requirements for server platform management, satellite controllers, and distributed control across compute, accelerator, storage, power, and cooling subsystems .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • San Jose • California • United StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $223,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in defining and managing server platform architectures, including embedded systems and semiconductor product definitions. Proficient in creating product requirements, business cases, and go-to-market strategies while effectively communicating with technical and executive stakeholders.

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System ArchitectureServer Platform ManagementEmbedded SystemsTechnical Product ManagementBMC-Based Out-Of-Band Management

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Hard Skills

MCU Requirements DefinitionProduct Requirements CreationRoadmap DevelopmentFirmware Lifecycle ManagementTelemetryFault DiagnosticsPower SequencingSecure BootDevice IdentitySigned Firmware Updates

Soft Skills

Strong Communication Skills

Tools & Technologies

MCTPPLDMSPDMRedfishI2CSMBusI3CSPIUARTGPIO

Industry Keywords

Hyperscaler PlatformsServer OEMsAccelerator PlatformsPower ShelvesLiquid-Cooling ManagementOpenBMCOCP DC-SCMOCP DC-SCIModular Server ArchitecturesCustomer Design-Ins

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

RTOS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define MCU requirements for server platform management, satellite controllers, and distributed control across compute, accelerator, storage, power, and cooling subsystems
Translate customer and market input into MRDs, business cases, roadmap proposals, and investment priorities
Define use cases for rack-level monitoring and control, board housekeeping, power sequencing, reset control, sensor aggregation, telemetry, thermal management, power capping, fault reporting, and recovery
Define complete solutions spanning silicon, embedded firmware, management-protocol stacks, SDKs, tools/GUIs, reference designs, and customer-specific tools and application layers
Lead technical discovery with hyperscaler platform teams, server OEMs/ODMs, BMC and firmware vendors, accelerator platform teams, and power and cooling partners
Map server and rack management architectures, controller placement, sideband connectivity, firmware ownership, and availability, serviceability, security, and lifecycle requirements
Assess competitors and alternatives and convert insights into differentiated positioning and roadmap choices
Track OCP initiatives and DMTF standards including DC-SCM/DC-SCI, MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, and Redfish
Create positioning, messaging, launch plans, sales enablement, customer presentations, and competitive briefs
Position Renesas MCUs as BMC companion and satellite-controller solutions
Support design-in activity with sales, field applications, and customer engineering teams
Align product line, architecture, silicon, software, applications, sales, and strategic customer teams
Lead reviews for product concepts, business cases, roadmap choices, launch readiness, and customer priorities
Align silicon and firmware plans with customer platform schedules, BMC integration, protocol interoperability, reference-design validation, and deployment support

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or higher in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or related field
8+ years of relevant experience
Experience in system architecture, server platform management, embedded systems, semiconductor product definition, technical product management, or applications engineering
Strong knowledge of server motherboards, CPU/GPU/AI accelerator platforms, storage backplanes, and power and cooling subsystems
Understanding of BMC-based out-of-band management, satellite management controllers, MCU/RTOS firmware, and local versus system-level management
Working knowledge of MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, and Redfish
Familiarity with I2C/SMBus, I3C, SPI, UART, GPIO, and PMBus
Ability to create product requirements, business cases, roadmaps, and go-to-market plans
Strong communication skills with executive, technical, customer, and cross-functional audiences
Preferred experience with hyperscaler or enterprise servers, GPU/AI accelerator trays, rack management, power shelves, fan controllers, or liquid-cooling management
Preferred exposure to OpenBMC, OCP DC-SCM/DC-SCI, modular server architectures, and MCTP/PLDM/SPDM interoperability testing
Preferred experience defining secure controllers with secure boot, hardware root of trust, device identity, signed firmware updates, recovery, SDKs, and reference designs
Preferred experience with server bring-up, power sequencing, telemetry, fault diagnostics, firmware lifecycle management, or customer design-ins
Advanced degree in engineering or business, or equivalent senior product strategy experience, preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus opportunities
Medical insurance
Health savings account
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health and dependent care flexible spending accounts
Pre-tax commuter benefits
Life insurance
AD&D insurance
Pet insurance
Company-paid life insurance and AD&D
Long-term disability benefits
Short-term medical benefits
Paid sick time
Paid holidays
Accrued paid vacation
Detailed benefit orientation
Remote work arrangements are stated as available in the listing metadata