Sr Staff Application Engineering (Security)

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 employees 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.

Renesas has a growing presence in India with HC approaching 1000+ and significant presence with active government and university collaboration as well as OSAT footprint (JV with CG India). With the growing importance of India as a market (Growing semiconductor market and government goals / mandates of localization needs) and talent hub, our division's (India for India) mission is to grow India market. We aspire to create products (SoCs, Software, Power and Analog chips etc) which serve needs for local market. Renesas is a leading electronics supplier globally, and this is a unique opportunity to directly influence the future products which will be offered to our customers in a new, fast growing and large Indian market with specific needs and applications.

Are you an experienced embedded systems expert passionate about driving innovation in automotive technology Join our Application Engineering team, where you'll work in shaping the usability and functionality of our automotive microcontroller. Your experience will help improve existing solutions, create proof of concepts, and actively participate in the design, deployment, and optimization of embedded systems for automotive applications.

We are a team of enthusiastic engineers who thrive on collaboration and innovation. Together, we tackle real-world challenges with code, enabling Renesas to deliver outstanding products. If you're excited to get in touch with embedded systems and want to make a meaningful impact, we'd love to have you on our team!

Key Responsibilities :

• Technical Ownership: Drive the development of complex embedded applications and reference designs using Renesas MCUs, with a focus on security and secure communication in automotive applications.
• Embedded Architecture and Firmware Expertise: Provide deep technical direction on low-level embedded programming, real-time operating systems, hardware abstraction layers, and system performance optimization.
• Customer Enablement: Serve as a senior technical advisor to strategic automotive customers, supporting integration and deployment of MCU solutions within their systems.
• Marketing and Sales Support: Offer efficient technical assistance to our marketing and sales teams during design activities, ensuring successful implementation and integration.
• Provide technical training to FAE, Sales, partners, and customers.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with hardware and software teams to ensure cohesive, robust, and scalable solutions.
  
  

You are best equipped for this role if you have:

• A degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar field of study.
• 6+ years of experience in embedded systems software development, ideally within the automotive domain.
• Deep knowledge of:
  • Embedded processors and microcontroller architectures in automotive applications (preferable ARM and RH850)
  • Secure Architectures (EVITA, TrustZone), Hardware Crypto accelerators (HSM)
  • Automotive Cybersecurity (ISO21434)
  • Secure bootloader and secure update (OTA)
  • Secure on-board communication (MACsec, TLS)
  • Embedded operating systems
  • Low-level embedded programming in C, and scripting with Python or equivalent
    
    

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.