Staff Firmware Engineer
Renesas Electronics•Austin, TX
•Onsite
About The Position
Renesas Electronics Americas (REA) is seeking a Staff Firmware Engineer for our Performance Computing Power (PCP) team in Austin, TX. This team develops advanced digital power ICs for the industry. The role involves architecting, designing, and maintaining firmware for integrated circuits that power advanced computing platforms. The contributions will span from low-level circuits to large system design, and the engineer will see these systems through to high volume manufacturing.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in firmware development on custom SOCs in pre and post silicon environment
- 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
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of ARM cortex M-series processors and ARM compiler toolchain
- Working experience with Cadence or Synopsys design tools: SimVision or Verdi
- Solid understanding of serial bus protocols such as I2C, SPI
- Test Driven Development (TDD) and standalone FW unit test bench
- Familiarity with DC-DC buck converter concepts and applications
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
Benefits
- competitive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
