Sr Staff Engineer, Product Marketing

Job Title

Sr Staff Engineer, Product Marketing

Role Summary

Senior product marketing role combining datacenter server-system expertise with MCU-based platform-management and control-plane product definition. Works with hyperscalers, OEMs/ODMs, and ecosystem partners to translate system requirements into silicon, firmware, reference solutions, roadmaps, and go-to-market plans.

Experience Level

Senior-level. The role expects approximately 8+ years of relevant experience in system architecture, server platform management, embedded systems, semiconductor product definition, or related technical product management.

Responsibilities

Define product requirements and lead cross-functional execution from concept through launch and customer design-in.

• Define MCU requirements for distributed platform management, satellite controllers, and BMC companion solutions across compute, accelerator, storage, power, and cooling systems.
• Translate customer and market input into MRDs, business cases, roadmap proposals, and investment priorities.
• Define use cases for rack-level monitoring/control, power sequencing, sensor aggregation, telemetry, thermal management, fault reporting, and recovery.
• Specify complete solutions: silicon, embedded firmware, management-protocol stacks, SDKs, tools/GUIs, and reference designs.
• Lead technical discovery with hyperscaler platform teams, OEMs/ODMs, BMC/firmware vendors, and ecosystem partners.
• Track and map implications of industry standards (OCP, MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, Redfish) to product and interoperability requirements.
• Create positioning, messaging, launch plans, sales enablement materials, and competitive briefs.
• Support sales, field applications, and customer engineering during design-in and deployment.
• Lead product concept, roadmap, and launch readiness reviews; align silicon and firmware schedules with customer platforms.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and domain experience; preferred items listed separately.

• Proven experience in system architecture, server platform management, embedded systems, semiconductor product definition, technical product management, or applications engineering.
• Deep knowledge of server motherboards, CPU/GPU/AI accelerator platforms, storage backplanes, and power/cooling subsystems and their management interfaces.
• Strong understanding of BMC-based out-of-band management and the role of satellite management controllers and MCU/RTOS firmware.
• Working knowledge of MCTP transport, PLDM monitoring/control and firmware update, SPDM authentication, and Redfish integration concepts.
• Familiarity with sideband interfaces (I2C/SMBus, I3C, SPI, UART, GPIO, PMBus) and their implications for connectivity, latency, reliability, and MCU design.
• Experience defining secure, software-enabled controllers: secure boot, hardware root of trust, device identity, signed firmware updates, recovery, SDKs, and reference designs.
• Experience with server bring-up, power sequencing, telemetry, fault diagnostics, firmware lifecycle management, and customer design-ins with hyperscalers/OEMs/ODMs.
• Ability to create product requirements, business cases, roadmaps, and go-to-market plans, and to communicate with executive and technical audiences.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and ability to align product line, architecture, silicon, software, applications, sales, and customer teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and customer-facing materials.

Preferred: experience with hyperscaler or enterprise servers, GPU/AI accelerator trays, rack management, power shelves, fan or liquid-cooling management; exposure to OpenBMC, OCP DC-SCM/DC-SCI, and interoperability testing of MCTP/PLDM/SPDM endpoints.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is stated; the posting expects ~8+ years of relevant experience. An advanced degree in engineering or business is listed as preferred, or equivalent senior product strategy experience.

About the Company

Company: Renesas

Headquarters: Hitachinaka, Japan

Renesas is a global leader in embedded semiconductor solutions, providing high-quality products across automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT sectors. With over 22,000 employees in more than 30 countries, the company focuses on scalable solutions that enhance user experience and drive innovation while committed to sustainability and energy efficiency.