Senior Firmware Engineer – Power ICs & Embedded

Renesas Electronics Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics Americas is seeking a Staff Firmware Engineer for the PCP team in Austin, TX. You will architect, design, and maintain firmware for power ICs, spanning from low level circuits to high volume manufacturing.

You will design, develop, and verify embedded firmware for digital PWM voltage regulators, write patches, collaborate with hardware design, document firmware architecture, and develop automated tests for lab validation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of firmware development on custom SOCs in pre- and post-silicon environments.
• BS/MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Expert at embedded firmware development in C and assembly programming language.
• Good understanding of software development cycle and version control system.
• Skillful at interrupt, memory, and performance optimization for real-time applications.
• Deep understanding of state machine driven task management and RTOS concepts.
• Experience working with hardware RTL design in Verilog.
• Proficient at Linux command line and a scripting language such as Python/Perl.
• Strong analytical skills and debug methodology with excellent attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communications skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and verify embedded firmware for digital PWM voltage regulators
• Write firmware patches to implement new features or apply hardware workaround
• Work with hardware design team to define interface based on user requirements
• Write specification to document firmware architecture and implementation
• Collaborate with validation team to bring up new silicon and debug any issues found
• Develop automated tests to validate firmware on lab bench using test equipment

Skills

Firmware development

C

Assembly

RTOS concepts

Verilog

Linux

Python/Perl

Debugging

Communication skills

Education

BS/MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Synopsys design tools

Job description

Renesas Electronics Americas is seeking a Staff Firmware Engineer for the PCP team in Austin, TX. You will architect, design, and maintain firmware for power ICs, spanning from low level circuits to high volume manufacturing.

You will design, develop, and verify embedded firmware for digital PWM voltage regulators, write patches, collaborate with hardware design, document firmware architecture, and develop automated tests for lab validation.