Senior Staff Engineer, SoC Application Engineering

The High Performance Compute (HPC) SoC business Division is seeking a Senior Staff Application Engineer who will contribute to the conceptualization of next-generation products and play a central role in customer/partner product development utilizing the R-CAR SoC product line. Renesas' rapidly expanding automotive cockpit, ADAS/autonomous driving, multi-domain fusion, and software-defined vehicle (SDV) capabilities aim to establish strong leadership in the Automotive embedded systems market, which underpins Renesas R-CAR SoC solutions.

This position is highly influential in advancing Renesas' business by delivering sophisticated software solutions and contributing to the evolution of future technology in vehicles by promoting the adoption of high-performance, functionally safe, and highly secure R-CAR SoCs. The role offers opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology in various domains, including vision analytics, video pipeline, graphics, connectivity, AI computing at the edge, and support for major Car OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.

By collaborating with customers and partners in the automotive industry, this role presents an attractive opportunity to demonstrate leadership and work alongside a diverse range of global teams in SoC design, software development, product marketing, global AE teams, and regional field teams.

Principal Accountabilities and Key Responsibilities

• Act as a solutions specialist for applications and product development in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), automotive in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), connected gateways, and multi-domain fusion.
• Serve as the technical lead for regional customer support, coordinating with global support teams to provide world-class technical assistance, ensuring smooth transitions from design-in to mass production for customer product development.
• Support internal and external customer engagements from a technical perspective, including responses to RFIs/RFQs and deep dives into technical topics.
• Understand customer product features and requirements, analyze these against Renesas offerings, identify critical support needs, and propose solutions to overcome challenges.
• Participate in custom solution development based on specific customer project needs.
• Conduct technical meetings at various levels, including with customer executives, project leaders, and technical teams.
• Coordinate and host technical debug sessions with domain experts from global teams.
• Prepare technical collaterals, workshop materials, and application notes while interacting with our global teams in Japan, the U.S., Europe, China, and Asia.
• Collaborate closely with the FAE team in the region and train the FAE team to enhance R-CAR SoC expertise.
• Prepare and showcase R-CAR SoC demos and proof-of-concepts (POCs).
• Deliver regular updates on customer projects to global AE directors and the leadership team.
• Acquire comprehensive knowledge of the Renesas SOC portfolio, focusing on detailed technical specifications.

• Education: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Over 10 years of experience related to embedded system software development.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C and C++.
• Strong knowledge of embedded Linux, QNX, Android, AutoSAR, or FreeRTOS.
• Expertise in embedded system debugging techniques, including hands-on hardware/software debugging and troubleshooting.
• In-depth understanding of ADAS and IVI system design.
• Experience with BSP/middleware, IPC for heterogeneous/multi-core architecture, security, and functional safety.
• Experience with ADAS perception stack integration and Neural Network enablement on SoC NPU.

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 22,000 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. Shape Your Future with Us.  

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