Sr Firmware/Middleware Engineer

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

REA is seeking a Firmware Engineer for our Infrastructure Power team in Austin, TX, where we develop the most advanced digital power ICs in the industry. You will architect, design, and maintain firmware for integrated circuits that supply power to the largest and most powerful advanced computing platforms. Your contributions will span low level circuits to large system design, and you will see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing.

Responsibilities: 

• Design and implement ROM firmware on embedded SOCs in pre-silicon simulation and emulation environment.
• Write firmware patch to implement new features or apply hardware workaround post-silicon tape-out.
• Work with hardware design team to define software/hardware interface per customer specification.
• Write firmware specification to document architecture and implementation.
• Work with applications team to bring up new silicon and debug issues found in validation.
• Develop automated tests to validate firmware on lab bench utilizing test equipment

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, or related field.
• The candidate must be in Austin, TX.
• 3 years of experience. 
• Expert at developing firmware in C programming language.
• Familiar with System Verilog based test bench.
• Experience working with hardware RTL design in Verilog.
• Proficient in a scripting language such as Python/Perl.
• Strong analytical skills and debug methodology
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of ARM cortex M-series processor and ARM compiler toolchain.
• Working experience with Cadence or Synopsys design tools: SimVision or Verdi.
• Solid understanding of serial bus protocols such as I2C, and SPI.
• Familiar with digital PWM voltage regulators

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 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 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.