Sr System Engineer
Renesas Electronics•San Jose, CA
•$109,500 - $171,150•Onsite
About The Position
We are looking for a talented and versatile Sr. Systems Engineer to join our embedded engineering team. In this role, you will own the full development lifecycle of embedded electronic systems — from concept and architecture through hardware design, PCB layout, and firmware implementation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in embedded systems engineering in a professional setting.
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ firmware development for 32-bit ARM MCUs or MPUs.
- Experience with one or more RTOS environments (FreeRTOS and ThreadX preferably).
- Solid understanding of digital and analog circuit design, including power electronics fundamentals.
- Experience with embedded communication protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB, Ethernet).
- Proficiency with debug tools: JTAG/SWD probes, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters.
- Ability to read and interpret datasheets, application notes, and reference manuals independently.
- Strong documentation habits and experience with version control systems (Git).
Nice To Haves
- Embedded Linux experience — Embedded Linux: Board bring-up, device tree configuration, and kernel/driver development.
- Yocto Project or Ubuntu for custom Linux distribution builds.
- Familiarity with Linux IPC mechanisms, system services, and application development.
- Robotics middleware (ROS/ROS 2) — ROS / ROS 2: Development of ROS 2 nodes, topics, services, and actions.
- Integration of sensor drivers and actuators within a ROS 2 ecosystem.
- Experience with Nav2, MoveIt, or similar ROS 2 navigation/manipulation stacks is a plus.
- Motor control and power electronics — Motor Control & Power Systems: Field-Oriented Control (FOC) / BLDC / PMSM motor drive design and implementation.
- Power electronics design: DC-DC converters, motor driver stages, gate drive circuits.
- Experience with motor control libraries or DSPs.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop electronic systems from requirements to production, including power supply design, signal conditioning, communication interfaces, and mixed-signal circuits.
- Perform schematic capture using industry-standard EDA tools (Altium).
- Execute PCB layout, routing, and design rule review for multi-layer boards, ensuring signal integrity, EMC compliance, and thermal performance.
- Write and maintain hardware design documentation, including schematics, BOM, and design verification reports.
- Lead PCB design reviews.
- Develop bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware for 32-bit ARM Cortex-M (FreeRTOS).
- Implement and optimize peripheral drivers (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet) and communication stacks.
- Write clean, maintainable C/C++ code following embedded best practices, including memory management, interrupt handling, and low-power design.
- Perform bring-up, debugging, and root cause analysis of complex hardware/firmware issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG/SWD debug tools.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system-level requirements are met and properly validated.
Benefits
- medical
- health savings account (with applicable medical plan)
- dental
- vision
- health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts
- pre-tax commuter benefits
- life insurance
- AD&D
- pet insurance
- company-paid life insurance
- company-paid AD&D
- LTD
- short term medical benefits
- paid sick time
- paid holidays
- accrued paid vacation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
