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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.\nRenesas 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.\n Role Overview\nThis role is responsible for technical leadership and execution of firmware and software development for the RH850 Motor Control and Automotive Application Platform.\nThe Sr. Staff Engineer serves as a software domain authority, driving architecture, implementation quality, and developer experience while enabling scalable, user-friendly embedded development platforms.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead firmware and software architecture, design, and implementation for RH850 motor control and automotive application platforms.\nDrive software technical decisions with focus on scalability, performance, maintainability, and developer usability.\nOwn firmware/software execution from concept through validation, qualification support, and release readiness.\nCollaborate closely with hardware, systems, validation, and applications teams to ensure optimized hardware-software integration.\nContribute to SDKs, drivers, middleware, reference applications, and development tools enabling rapid customer adoption.\nEnsure firmware/software deliverables meet automotive quality, reliability, and robustness expectations.\nIdentify and mitigate software-related technical risks across platform development.\nActively influence developer experience, documentation quality, and platform usability.\n Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 10+ years of experience.\nStrong expertise in embedded firmware/software development for automotive or real-time systems.\nProven experience delivering production-quality embedded software for MCU-based platforms.\nSolid understanding of motor control software, real-time systems, and embedded development workflows.\nWorking knowledge (hands-on preferred) of one or more host-side technology stacks, such as:C/C++/ RTOS\nC#/.NET / Python (automation/tools, GUIs, packaging)\nUI frameworks such as Qt, WPF/WinUI, or equivalent\n\nExperience integrating host utilities with embedded targets over common interfaces (e.g., USB, UART, CAN/CAN-FD, Ethernet) and ensuring reliability across OS environments.\n+Advantage\nExperience with embedded firmware ecosystems such as AUTOSAR drivers.\nExperience building embedded development platforms or SDKs with broad adoption across the embedded engineering community.\n Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world-leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.\nAt Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.\nWe believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.\nAre you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?\nRenesas 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. 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