Renesas Electronics America

Senior System SW validation engineer

Renesas Electronics America • $110K — $130K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering
  • 5-7 years experience in embedded firmware/software development across multiple IoT application segments
  • Strong understanding of Software Architecture and Design principles
  • High proficiency in C/C++, Embedded C programming
  • Proven experience with production-quality embedded software for MCU-based platforms
  • Solid understanding of motor control software and real-time systems
  • Experience with host-side technology stacks and common interface integrations

Responsibilities

  • Lead validation planning and execution for embedded products and applications
  • Drive technical decisions to ensure robustness and usability of embedded solutions
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for hardware-software integration
  • Identify and mitigate system-level technical risks for optimal user experience
  • Plan and execute new product prototypes and conduct bench-testing
  • Create and review essential technical documentation
  • Feedback findings and improvements to product development teams

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package
  • Supportive multicultural work environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Potential for technical mentorship and collaboration
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technology and products
Full Job Description
Job Description
  • Lead software and system validation planning and execution of embedded products, applications and solutions utilizing a wide portfolio of Renesas products
  • Drive system level software technical decisions, ensuring robustness, usability and completeness of embedded solutions
  • Collaborate closely with systems, firmware/software, validation, and product engineering teams to ensure seamless hardware-software integration.
  • Identify and mitigate system-level technical risks, ensuring highest user experience
  • Planning and execution of new product prototype bring-up, bench-testing, and evaluation
  • Support creation and review of technical documentation (Datasheets, User Manuals/Guides, Application Notes etc)
  • Feedback findings, issues, potential improvements to product development teams
  • Contribute to reference designs, development platforms, and documentation to enable broad customer adoption.
  • Gather and drive clarity on software requirements from diverse groups including customers, application engineers, hardware, and firmware engineers
  • Contribute to both existing and new projects, covering a broad range of languages and scope.
  • Aid in code reviews for fellow team members, as required
  • Act as a technical mentor, influencing best practices and raising the bar for hardware design excellence.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering
  • 5-7 years experience in embedded firmware/software development required across multiple IoT application segments
  • Strong understanding of Software Architecture and Design principles, Behavior-Driven Development and unit testing approaches
  • High-level of proficiency in C/C++, Embedded C programming
  • Proven experience delivering production-quality embedded software for MCU-based platforms.
  • Solid understanding of motor control software, real-time systems, and embedded development workflows.
  • Working knowledge (hands-on preferred) of one or more host-side technology stacks, such as:
  • C/C++/ RTOS (FreeRTOS/Zephyr) C#/.NET / Python (automation/tools, GUIs, packaging) UI frameworks such as Qt, WPF/WinUI, or equivalent
  • Experience integrating host utilities with embedded targets over common interfaces (e.g., USB, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet) across OS environments.
  • Experience in developing Agentic Tools
  • Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and accuracy
  • Demonstrates creative thinking in debug and troubleshooting skills and building solutions
  • Experience in DevOps including JIRA, Confluence and GitLab preferred
  • Must have highly developed written and verbal cross-functional communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, cross-functional environment.


Additional Information

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

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About Renesas Electronics America

Renesas Electronics America is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a broad range of analog and power devices, with operations spanning research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of applications.
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Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
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