Staff Firmware/Middleware Engineer

Job Description

REA is seeking a Staff 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, develop, and verify embedded firmware for digital PWM voltage regulators
• Write firmware patches to implement new features or apply hardware workaround
• Work with marketing and application teams to define firmware requirements
• Work with hardware design team to define firmware interface
• Write specification to document firmware architecture and implementation
• Create verification plan to improve quality of firmware releases
• Work with validation team to bring up new silicon and debug issues found
• Collaborate with cross functional teams across geography

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in firmware development on custom SOCs in pre and post silicon environment
• BS/MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, or related field
• Expert at embedded firmware development in C and assembly programming language
• Good understanding of software development cycle and version control system
• Skillful at interrupt, memory, and performance optimization for real-time applications
• Deep understanding of state machine driven task management and its applications
• Skillful at memory and performance optimization for real-time applications
• Experience working with hardware RTL design in Verilog
• Proficient at Linux command line and a scripting language such as Python/Perl
• Strong analytical skills and debug methodology with excellent attention to detai

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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, SPI
• Familiar with firmware integration testing on System Verilog based test bench.
• Experience working with digital PWM voltage regulators

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 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.