Company Description

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world.

Job Description

We are seeking a star performer Principal Engineer/Senior Staff engineer for an Embedded Software Architect role in our SoC system architecture department to own, define, and drive exploration and design of our next generation runtime software involving multi heterogeneous devices in high performance computing (HPC) SoCs.

Our division’s mission is defining cutting edge solutions for the high-performance compute market, primarily for automotive market and eventually other industrial/server markets, this includes to use the latest AI tools, embedded SW & cloud tools to develop the best. Renesas is the leading automotive electronics supplier globally, and this is a rare opportunity to develop the future generation of SoC products whispering Renesas strategic direction : open, innovative & trusted solutions.

Responsibilities

• Technology survey for embedded software, artificial intelligence, cloud and development environment.
• Participate and lead in the software architecture design of the software platform for both embedded software & development environment, including AI.
• Define Software concepts for system software enablement with a focus
• Develop proof-of-concepts to drive new software concepts & architectures.
• Execute benchmarking to measure & define performance targets for application software, AI networks down as well as lower-level critical SW components.
• Deliver architecture specifications to developers and articulate them effectively across stakeholders ranging from toolchain, system and hardware teams, and to technology leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field; Ph.D. is a plus.
• 5 years of embedded software design and development on SoCs and/or ASICs.
• Great coding skills in C/C++ & Python.
• Great knowledge of SW architecture.
• Good knowledge of SDLC.
• Good knowledge of RTOS and/or Linux OS.
• Good knowledge of multi-thread and multi-process software design and debugging.
• Experience with embedded system involving multi-core CPU/DSP.
• Good knowledge of AI environments both development environment & embedded solutions.
• Experience with heterogeneous multi-device system involving GPU/NPU/FPGA.
• Knowledge of debuggers (LLDB, GDB) and profilers on heterogeneous hardware system.

Preferences

• Experience with RUST is a plus.
• Experience with ARM and/or RISCV ISA is a plus.
• Knowledge of Linux kernel and driver development is a plus.
• Knowledge of internal of inference engines like TFLite, OpenVINO runtime, ONNX runtime, TVM runtime, etc is a plus.
• Knowledge of JTAG debugger and bare-metal bring-up is a plus.
• Knowledge of high performance domain-specific languages (SYCL/CUDA/OpenCL) is a plus.
• Knowledge of PyTorch or TensorFlow is a plus.

Additional Information

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at www.renesas.com.

Renesas’ mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting 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 law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

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 supporting 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 law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.