Senior Staff Firmware Architect - Power ICs

Renesas Electronics Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Senior Staff Electrical Engineer for the Performance Computing Power (PCP) team in Austin, TX. You will architect, design, and maintain firmware for power ICs used in the most advanced computing platforms.

Expect work spanning from low‑level circuits to high‑volume manufacturing and collaboration with multiple hardware and validation teams. You will develop embedded firmware in C and assembly, verify silicon, and define hardware interfaces.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of firmware development on custom SOCs in pre/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 programming

Assembly language

RTOS concepts

Verilog

Linux command line

Python scripting

Debugging

Version control

Real-time systems

Education

B.S./M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Synopsys

Verdi

SimVision

Verilog tools

Job description

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Senior Staff Electrical Engineer for the Performance Computing Power (PCP) team in Austin, TX. You will architect, design, and maintain firmware for power ICs used in the most advanced computing platforms.

Expect work spanning from low‑level circuits to high‑volume manufacturing and collaboration with multiple hardware and validation teams. You will develop embedded firmware in C and assembly, verify silicon, and define hardware interfaces.