Lead Embedded Hardware Validation Engineer

Renesas Electronics Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Renesas Electronics Corporation is seeking a Sr Hardware Validation Engineer to lead hardware validation for embedded products, guiding decisions on robustness and platform completeness. You will own the hardware path from concept to production readiness and collaborate with systems, firmware, validation, and product teams.

The role requires 5–7 years in embedded hardware design and validation, strong SoC/ARM knowledge, and hands-on lab tool experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or Computer Engineering with 5–7 years of experience.
• 5–7 years of embedded hardware and system design and validation including MCUs, PMICs, and analog/mixed-signal.
• SoC architecture, ARM cores, peripherals, power/clock/reset, and low-power design.
• Experience with PMICs, MOSFETs, GaN and other discretes.
• Validation of high‑speed interfaces (DDR, USB, PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet) and protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN).
• Knowledge of C/C++ or embedded firmware development.
• Hands-on lab tools: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, thermal sensors.
• Familiarity with validation frameworks, debug tools (JTAG, Lauterbach, OpenOCD) and JIRA/Bugzilla.
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
• SI/PI analysis for high-speed digital, mixed-signal, and power-dense designs.
• Good schematic/PCB layout, stack-up, decoupling, grounding practices.
• Proven track record delivering embedded hardware from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware validation planning and execution for embedded products using Renesas components.
• Drive hardware decisions to ensure robustness, usability, and completeness of platforms.
• Own hardware execution from ideation through qualification and production readiness.
• Collaborate with systems, firmware/software, validation, and product engineering teams.
• Identify and mitigate hardware risks to maximize user experience.
• Plan and execute prototype bring-up, bench-testing, and evaluation.
• Support creation and review of datasheets, user manuals, and application notes.
• Feedback issues and improvements to product development teams.
• Contribute to reference designs and development platforms to enable broad adoption.
• Mentor others and raise the bar for hardware design excellence.

Skills

Embedded Hardware

SoC Architecture

ARM Cores

High-speed Interfaces

C/C++

Lab Tools

Debug Tools

Leadership & Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering / Electronic / Computer Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Bugzilla

OpenOCD

Lauterbach

Job description

Renesas Electronics Corporation is seeking a Sr Hardware Validation Engineer to lead hardware validation for embedded products, guiding decisions on robustness and platform completeness. You will own the hardware path from concept to production readiness and collaborate with systems, firmware, validation, and product teams.

The role requires 5–7 years in embedded hardware design and validation, strong SoC/ARM knowledge, and hands-on lab tool experience.