Associate System Engineer

$89,000 - $115,000/Yr

Renesas Electronics - Milpitas, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Milpitas, CA

10,001+ employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

As an Associate Systems Engineer at Renesas, you will play a crucial role in developing reference solutions and technical documentation that assist customers in overcoming real-world challenges with embedded processing products. This position involves collaboration with a global team of engineers across various disciplines, including Systems, Software, Firmware, and Hardware, to create high-quality solutions that enhance user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop, debug, and optimize firmware and software for embedded systems.
• Create technical documentation to support designed solutions, ensuring clarity for end-users.
• Participate in design reviews for boards, systems, and firmware/software to ensure robust solutions.
• Assist with board and system bring-up and debugging, contributing to system reliability.
• Evaluate user experience with Renesas offerings for product development, recommending improvements as needed.
• Create and present training materials for microcontrollers, designs, and software/firmware.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Foundational knowledge of CPU architecture and design.
• Hands-on experience with microcontroller/microprocessor programming and peripheral operations such as serial communication, timers, ADC, DAC, etc.
• Proficiency in developing and debugging firmware/software using assembly, C, and C++.
• Experience with lab test equipment like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and DMMs.
• Ability to interpret hardware schematics and PCB layouts.
• Strong communication skills, including technical writing and presentation skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with Renesas Microcontroller or Microprocessor products.
• Hands-on experience in embedded development using IDEs like Eclipse, IAR Embedded Workbench, Keil MDK.
• Experience with board bring-up and debugging products/systems.
• Developing/debugging multi-threaded applications with RTOS.
• Knowledge of communication protocols such as CAN, Ethernet, USB.
• Experience designing digital/analog hardware for board-level circuits.
• Running ML inference on resource-constrained embedded systems.
• Experience with Python application development.
• Familiarity with Git and unit testing frameworks in C or C++.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Health savings account (with applicable medical plan)
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Life insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Pet insurance
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D
• Long-term disability (LTD)
• Short-term medical benefits
• Paid sick time
• Paid holidays
• Accrued paid vacation