Senior System SW validation engineer

Renesas Electronics•Plano, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr System Software Validation engineer serves as embedded and system software domain expert, driving software quality, evaluation and validation objectives, and technical execution while collaborating closely with systems, firmware/software, validation, and platform develop teams. As part of one of Renesas’s fastest growing product lines, you will have the opportunity to directly impact customer experience through work on software products that enable feature rich hardware to shine. If you like problem-solving, working with systems involving SW/FW/HW, and switching between multiple languages and paradigms, we’d like to hear from you. If you seek a place to shine with no artificial barriers apply now!

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering
5-7 years experience in embedded firmware/software development required across multiple IoT application segments
Strong understanding of Software Architecture and Design principles, Behavior-Driven Development and unit testing approaches
High-level of proficiency in C/C++, Embedded C programming
Proven experience delivering production-quality embedded software for MCU-based platforms.
Solid understanding of motor control software, real-time systems, and embedded development workflows.
Working knowledge (hands-on preferred) of one or more host-side technology stacks, such as: C/C++/ RTOS (FreeRTOS/Zephyr) C#/.NET / Python (automation/tools, GUIs, packaging) UI frameworks such as Qt, WPF/WinUI, or equivalent
Experience integrating host utilities with embedded targets over common interfaces (e.g., USB, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet) across OS environments.
Experience in developing Agentic Tools
Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and accuracy
Demonstrates creative thinking in debug and troubleshooting skills and building solutions
Experience in DevOps including JIRA, Confluence and GitLab preferred
Must have highly developed written and verbal cross-functional communication skills
Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

Lead software and system validation planning and execution of embedded products, applications and solutions utilizing a wide portfolio of Renesas products
Drive system level software technical decisions, ensuring robustness, usability and completeness of embedded solutions
Collaborate closely with systems, firmware/software, validation, and product engineering teams to ensure seamless hardware-software integration.
Identify and mitigate system-level technical risks, ensuring highest user experience
Planning and execution of new product prototype bring-up, bench-testing, and evaluation
Support creation and review of technical documentation (Datasheets, User Manuals/Guides, Application Notes etc)
Feedback findings, issues, potential improvements to product development teams
Contribute to reference designs, development platforms, and documentation to enable broad customer adoption.
Gather and drive clarity on software requirements from diverse groups including customers, application engineers, hardware, and firmware engineers
Contribute to both existing and new projects, covering a broad range of languages and scope.
Aid in code reviews for fellow team members, as required
Act as a technical mentor, influencing best practices and raising the bar for hardware design excellence.