Senior Staff System Engineer
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
What you bring to Renesas:The System and Solution Team (SST) is chartered to help our sales organization develop solutions for our customer base using the entire portfolio of Renesas products. We are a global and multi-disciplinary team with in-depth knowledge of our broad portfolio ranging from microcontrollers and microprocessors, connectivity, memory, analog, power and everything in between. SST provides solutions to customers ranging from block diagrams and architectures all the way to working proof of concept designs, all depending on what level of integration and support a customer requires.SST is seeking a motivated and experienced Sr Staff System Engineer to take our solutions to the next level. This person will play a pivotal role in leading the design, documentation and implementation of robust software and firmware solutions covering a wide range of devices and end applications. You will be an architect and lead developer who will transform pieces of silicon on a PCB and make them truly come to life for our customers with innovative features and capabilities.
QualificationsB.S. required (M.S. preferred) in electrical/electronics/computer engineering or computer science disciplines.Broad understanding of the embedded microcontroller and micro processing space required (Arm Cortex-A, Cortex-M, RX, RL78, MIPS, RISC-V)12+ years of experience in embedded firmware.Proficiency of C/C++ required with strong fundamental knowledge of programming methodologies for low resource microcontroller devices.Hands on experience in board bring-up MCU based systems.Experience with wired and wireless networking technologies including Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/LE, LTE Cat-M1/NB-IoT) including broad understanding of common networking stacks and flows (HTTP, TCP/IP, UDP, MQTT) including their secured counterparts.Experience in common protocols found on modern MCUs (UART, I2C, SPI, USB host/device, Ethernet, graphics controllers, DMA, ADC/DACs, timers)Past experience in agile CI/CD workflows (project tracking in JIRA and Github using Jenkins workflows or similar technologies)Debugging skills with tools like gdb, J-Link, Ozone, protocol analyzers (CATC, Ellisys, Saleae)Strong interpersonal skills; able to clearly articulate complex software topics based on sound engineering fundamentalsExperience working with global teams in developing Embedded software solutions.Well organized with attention to detail, accuracy and target audienceMastery of MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel)
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