Senior Embedded Hardware Validation Engineer

Renesas Electronics; Plano (AL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Sr Hardware Validation engineer to drive embedded hardware validation across products and platforms, collaborating with systems, firmware/software, validation, and platform development teams to ensure robust hardware platforms and high-quality designs.

You will lead validation planning, execute prototype bring-up, bench-testing, and participate in qualification and production readiness, while mentoring teams and contributing to reference designs to enable broad

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, with 5–7 years of experience.
• 5–7 years in embedded hardware, system design and validation incl. MCU, power mgmt, analog/mixed-signal.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, ARM cores, peripherals, low-power design.
• Knowledge of PMICs, MOSFETs, GaN and discretes.
• Experience validating high-speed interfaces (DDR, USB, PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet) and protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN).
• C/C++ for firmware development.
• Lab tools: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, thermal sensors.
• Validation frameworks, JTAG, Lauterbach, OpenOCD, JIRA, Bugzilla.
• Leadership, communication, collaboration.
• SI/PI analysis for high-speed designs.
• Schematic design, PCB layout, stack-up, decoupling, grounding.
• Delivering hardware from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware validation planning and execution of embedded products and solutions.
• Drive hardware technical decisions for robust platforms.
• Own hardware execution from ideation to production readiness.
• Collaborate with systems, firmware/software, validation, and product teams to ensure seamless hardware-software integration.
• Identify and mitigate hardware risks for best user experience.
• Plan and execute prototype bring-up, bench-testing and evaluation.
• Support documentation reviews (datasheets, user manuals, app notes).
• Mentor peers and contribute to reference designs and platforms.

Skills

Embedded hardware

SoC architecture

ARM cores

Power management

Analog/mixed-signal

C/C++

Lab tools

Debug tools

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering (B.S./M.S.)

Tools

JIRA

Bugzilla

OpenOCD

Lauterbach

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Sr Hardware Validation engineer to drive embedded hardware validation across products and platforms, collaborating with systems, firmware/software, validation, and platform development teams to ensure robust hardware platforms and high-quality designs.

You will lead validation planning, execute prototype bring-up, bench-testing, and participate in qualification and production readiness, while mentoring teams and contributing to reference designs to enable broad