Senior Staff Application Engineer, (CNN)

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

You will develop proof-of-concept software for vision and radar applications in automotive applications on the Renesas R-CAR Vx SOC exploiting computer vision and radar features using DSP and Renesas-specific IPs for DOF/computer vision. You will discuss requirements for the next-generation ADAS products that comprise tools, software and hardware. You will utilize existing code libraries as the base for computer vision applications. You will further grow the scope of those libraries for use in generic ADAS application contexts. You will work closely with application engineering teams in Europe, Japan and US.

Your main responsibilities are:

• • Bring up computer vision and radar applications on R-CAR Vx hardware platforms and with model/simulator
  • Pre-developing computer vision and radar features in collaboration with multiple teams, debug and fix related bugs
  • Prototyping computer vision and radar processing features for future products and design
  • Understand and define KPI and do performance evaluations
  • Discuss requirements for future ADAS products i.e., tools, software and hardware with the respective system architecture and hardware/software development teams
  • Document proof-of-concept code and benchmark results and provide meaningful application notes
  • Support Renesas’ automotive customers with Renesas R-CAR computer vision and radar applications and debug reported issues as well as providing proof-of-concept code

Qualifications

Relevant Experiences (Combination of good-to-have and must-have):

• Relevant 10+ years of embedded programming and debugging skills with C/Cpp in an embedded system like R-CAR SOC
• Experience with software design with Linux OS (software design with QNX is a plus)
• Proven track record in software development
• Ability to work with simulator and hardware environment as well as flashing of a device
• Proven track record for application bring up and debugging with embedded system
• Proven experience with automotive computer vision and radar applications
• Experience working with ARM architectures
• An academic degree in Computer Science, Electronics or similar
• Work independently in an international team with several stakeholders
• Team player having good communication skills and very good English in speech and writing

Additional Information

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 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 remain agile and fearless as we accelerate our growth, encouraging everyone to play an active role with an entrepreneurial mindset and accountability.
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 automotive, industrial, infrastructure, IoT, and sustainable products and solutions to meet our customers’ evolving needs and help people and communities thrive tomorrow.

• 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 (ERGs), 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.