Senior Software Engineer – Benchmarking, Performance & Competitive Analysis

We are seeking a Senior Benchmarking Engineer to establish and lead our benchmarking and competitive analysis program in Austin. This role will drive interface benchmarking as well as comprehensive solution-level benchmarking covering industrial networking latency bandwidth graphics performance and AI workloads. The insights generated by this role will directly inform product positioning roadmap decisions and customer engagements against competing silicon solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute systematic benchmarking programs comparing Renesas solutions against competitor platforms

• Develop standardized repeatable and defensible benchmark methodologies for fair cross-vendor comparisons

• Conduct interface benchmarking across key connectivity standards (Ethernet PCIe USB DDR memory interfaces serial interfaces etc.)

• Perform solution-level benchmarking across application domains:

  • Industrial Networking: TSN PROFINET EtherCAT Modbus OPC UA throughput and determinism

  • Latency & Bandwidth: Real-time interrupt latency memory bandwidth network throughput characterization

  • Graphics Performance: GPU/rendering benchmarks display pipeline OpenGL/Vulkan workloads

  • AI Benchmarks: NPU/DSP/CPU inference performance (MLPerf common ML models energy efficiency)

• Build automated benchmark frameworks and test harnesses to enable continuous regression tracking

• Author detailed competitive analysis reports and present findings to engineering leadership product management and sales teams

• Support customer-facing activities by providing objective performance data and demonstrations

• Stay current with industry-standard benchmarks and emerging workload requirements

• Collaborate with architecture and marketing teams to translate benchmark insights into product requirements

• Collaborate with architecture and marketing teams to translate benchmark insights into product requirements

Qualifications :

• Bachelors or Masters 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

• Demonstrated experience designing and executing rigorous reproducible benchmark campaigns

• Technical Skills and Benchmarking Domains

• Industrial communication protocols (TSN EtherCAT PROFINET CAN-FD)

• Network latency and bandwidth measurement methodology (RFC 2544-style testing packet generators)

• Graphics/compute APIs and profiling (OpenGL ES Vulkan OpenCL OpenGL)

• Standard industry suites: SPEC CoreMark Dhrystone LMbench GLMark LuxMark Stream

• Measurement & Analysis

• Proficiency with performance profiling tools

• Oscilloscope logic analyzer and protocol analyzer usage for interface characterization

• Statistical rigor: variance analysis confidence intervals controlled A/B comparisons

• Automation via Python scripting for test orchestration and data analysis

• Systems Background

• Embedded Linux and RTOS administration and configuration (Yocto buildroot FreeRTOS Zephyr)

• ARM/RISC-V architecture expertise including SIMD vector extensions (NEON RVV)

• Solid understanding of cache hierarchy DMA and SoC data-path architecture

• Competitor ecosystem familiarity (TI Sitara/AM-series NXP ST Microchip) a strong plus

  Preferred Qualifications

• Experience publishing or contributing to industry benchmark standards (EEMBC MLPerf)

• AI/ML inference benchmarking (MLPerf ONNX Runtime TensorFlow Lite CMSIS-NN)

• Prior experience in a competitive analysis or product marketing technical role

• Background supporting sales teams with technical due diligence against competitors

• Experience with hardware emulation or early silicon bring-up for pre-silicon benchmarking

Additional Information :

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries we offer the opportunity to work on worldleading technology for Automotive Industrial Infrastructure and IoT shaping a safer healthier greener and smarter future.

At Renesas TAGIE is our culture grounded in being Transparent Agile Global Innovative and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.

Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex race religion national origin gender gender identity gender expression age sexual orientation military status veteran status or any other basis protected by law. For more information please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time