Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world's leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what's next in electronics and the world.

Job Description

The Sr System Software Validation engineer serves as embedded and system software domain expert, driving software quality, evaluation and validation objectives, and technical execution while collaborating closely with systems, firmware/software, validation, and platform develop teams.

As part of one of Renesas's fastest growing product lines, you will have the opportunity to directly impact customer experience through work on software products that enable feature rich hardware to shine. If you like problem-solving, working with systems involving SW/FW/HW, and switching between multiple languages and paradigms, we'd like to hear from you. If you seek a place to shine with no artificial barriers apply now.

Key Responsibilities

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 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.
Development experience in both Windows and Linux operating systems.
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.

Preferred qualifications

Experience supporting embedded development platforms or reference designs with broad customer adoption across Industrial IoT, Home/Building Automation and Automotive segments
Execute firmware validation of boot flows, power/clock/reset, memory subsystems, interconnects, and interfaces across stress, corner, and fault scenarios.
Drive system brings‑up on evaluation boards, emulation/FPGA platforms, and silicon validation setups.
Analyze validation data and logs, track issues through structured closure, and contribute to quality metrics.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance within the validation team.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose To Make Our Lives Easier. As the industry's leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, To Make Our Lives Easier.

At Renesas, you can:

Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.

Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers evolving needs and help make people's lives easier, safe and secure.

Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark

Join Renesas. Let's Shape the Future together.

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.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.

Sr. System SW validation engineer