Sr Staff Application Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Mar 5, 2026. Renesas Electronics scores B on the Alion truth index.
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.
Role Overview
This position is the technical owner of the core layer for Renesas Hardware Support Packages, enabling MATLAB/Simulink workflows across Renesas MCU families. This role architects and delivers critical platform capabilities such as External Mode, PIL, scheduling infrastructure, and code generation integration, and ensures robust integration with compilers and toolchains. The role partners closely with external and internal experts to maintain compatibility with evolving MATLAB releases and to keep the platform scalable and maintainable.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and lead development of MW HSP foundation components including External Mode, PIL, Scheduler, and CodeGen integration.
- Guide integration of compilers, toolchains, and Renesas MCU families, ensuring reliable build/deploy workflows.
- Perform deep architecture reviews, troubleshoot escalations, and provide technical direction to senior engineers.
- Own GitHub release workflow, validation strategy, and long-term maintainability (branching, CI expectations, regression readiness).
- Collaborate with MATLAB/MathWorks and Renesas experts to ensure compatibility with the latest MATLAB releases and alignment to platform strategy.
Qualifications
- B. Tech/M. Tech in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field with 10+ years of experience in embedded software/platform engineering, with strong ownership of foundation/middleware layers.
- Proven experience delivering support packages / BSP/HSP-like enablement for MCU platforms (toolchain + build/deploy + debug workflows).
- Strong hands-on expertise with MATLAB/Simulink MBD workflows, Embedded C/C++, and system-level debugging.
- Deep understanding of toolchains, compilers, linkers, and embedded build systems, plus performance and robustness considerations.
- Experience defining release processes, validation/regression strategies, and driving long-term maintainability of a platform.
Added Advantage
- Direct experience with External Mode / PIL / code generation integration for embedded targets.
- Experience collaborating with MathWorks or maintaining compatibility across MATLAB releases.
- Exposure to Renesas semiconductor products, ecosystems and related enablement artifacts (targets, board definitions, workflows).
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 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.
We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.