Associate System Engineer

Job Description

As an Associate Systems Engineer, you will contribute to the development of reference solutions and technical documentation that help customers solve real-world challenges using Renesas' embedded processing products. You’ll work in a global, multi-disciplinary team of Systems, Software, Firmware, and Hardware engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams like Product Marketing and Application Engineering to create high-quality solutions.

In your role as an Associate Systems Engineer, you’ll embark on an exciting journey of skill-building and innovation by engaging in:

- Developing, debugging, and optimizing firmware and software for embedded systems.

- Creating technical documentation to support designed solutions, ensuring clarity for end-users.

- Participating in design reviews for boards, systems, and firmware/software to ensure robust solutions.

- Assisting with board and system bring-up and debugging, contributing to system reliability.

- Evaluating user experience with Renesas offerings for product development, recommending improvements as needed.

- Creating and presenting training materials for microcontrollers, designs, and software/firmware.

Qualifications

Education:

• A bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

Must Have:

The following qualifications are essential to ensure success in this role and to help you contribute meaningfully to the team from day one:

• Foundational knowledge of CPU architecture and design.
• Hands-on experience with microcontroller/microprocessor programming and peripheral operations such as serial communication, timers, ADC, DAC, etc.
• Proficiency in developing and debugging firmware/software using assembly, C, and C++.
• Experience with lab test equipment like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and DMMs.
• Ability to interpret hardware schematics and PCB layouts.
• Strong communication skills, including technical writing and presentation skills.

Nice to Have:

In addition to the necessary qualifications, the following skills will help accelerate your growth within the team and organization:

• Familiarity with Renesas Microcontroller or Microprocessor products

Hands-on experience:

• Embedded development using IDEs like Eclipse, IAR Embedded Workbench, Keil MDK.
• Board bring-up, debugging products/systems.
• Developing/debugging multi-threaded applications with RTOS.
• Communication protocols such as CAN, Ethernet, USB.
• Designing digital/analog hardware for board-level circuits.
• Running ML inference on resource-constrained embedded systems.
• Experience with Python application development.
• Familiarity with Git, unit testing frameworks in C or C++

Additional Information

The expected annual pay range for this position is $89,000 - $115,000 +. This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.

Renesas offers a full range of elective benefits including 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, and pet insurance. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive company-paid life insurance and AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as paid sick time, paid holidays, and accrued paid vacation. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.