Renesas Electronics America

Senior System SW validation engineer

Renesas Electronics America$115K — $150K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering
  • 5-7 years in embedded firmware/software development for IoT applications
  • Strong grasp of Software Architecture, Design principles, and Behavior-Driven Development
  • Proficient in C/C++ and Embedded C programming
  • Experience delivering production-quality software for MCU platforms
  • Understanding of motor control software and real-time systems
  • Familiarity with technology stacks (C/C++, RTOS, C#/.NET, Python, UI frameworks)
  • Experience with host utilities integration over USB, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet

Responsibilities

  • Lead software and system validation for embedded products
  • Drive system-level technical decisions for embedded solutions
  • Collaborate with engineering teams for hardware-software integration
  • Identify and mitigate technical risks for user experience
  • Plan and execute new product prototype testing and evaluation
  • Create and review technical documentation like datasheets and user manuals
  • Provide feedback on issues and improvements to product teams
  • Contribute to development platforms and documentation for customer adoption
  • Clarify software requirements from diverse stakeholder groups
  • Support code reviews and mentor team members

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package
  • Bonus opportunities
  • Potential for professional development
  • Inclusive and multicultural work environment
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

The expected annual pay range for this position is $115,000-$150,000K. This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.

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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