Sr Staff Application Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 28, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 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
The Peripheral & Variant Lead is the technical leader for peripheral blocksets and device variant scaling within Renesas Hardware Support Packages. This role delivers high-quality Simulink peripheral blocks (e.g., ADC, PWM, UART, CAN) using the foundation layer, and drives scalable enablement across MCU variants through automation, validation, and standardized architecture. The role ensures alignment with core dependencies and works closely with the foundation team to deliver production-ready solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead development of peripheral blocksets (ADC, PWM, UART, CAN, etc.) leveraging foundation components and established integration patterns.
- Drive device variant augmentation, defining validation strategies and automation frameworks to scale across Renesas MCU families
- Define block architecture, coding standards, and integration patterns to ensure consistency, reusability, and long-term maintainability.
- Review IO Builder / System Object implementations and optimize for performance, usability, and customer experience.
- Collaborate closely with the MW foundation team to maintain alignment with core dependencies and release compatibility.
- B. Tech/M. Tech in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field with 10+ years of experience in embedded systems with strong experience in peripheral driver development.
- Demonstrated experience building support packages / peripheral enablement frameworks at a semiconductor supplier or tools ecosystem team.
- Strong experience with MATLAB/Simulink and MBD concepts, including reusable modeling patterns and integration with code generation.
- Proven ability to design scalable architectures for device variant support, automation, and validation/regression testing.
- Senior Staff-level technical leadership: architecture ownership, rigorous reviews, mentoring, and cross-team influence.
Added Advantage
- Experience creating custom blockset packages / peripheral libraries / MCAL / CDD for semiconductor solutions.
- Familiarity with IO Builder/System Object patterns and performance tuning in model-based workflows.
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.
At 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.
We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.
Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?
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.