Renesas Electronics
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SeniorHardwareValidationEngineer
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“Senior Hardware Validation Engineer at Renesas Electronics. Skills: Hardware Validation, Embedded Systems, System Design, Signal Integrity, Power Integrity. Lead hardware validation planning and execution of embedded products, applications and solutions utilizing a wide portfolio of Renesas products. Drive hardware technical decisions, ensuring robustness, usability and completeness of hardware platforms”
Industry & Context.
Identify and mitigate hardware-related technical risks, ensuring highest user experience
deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U. S. export controls regulations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, at least 5- 7 years of experience, 5-7 years of experience in embedded hardware and system design and validation encompassing microcontrollers, power management and analog/mixed-signal products, understanding of SoC architecture, ARM cores (A/M series), peripherals, power/clock/reset, and low-power design techniques, Very good understanding of electronic components like PMICs, MOSFETs, GaN, and other discretes, Experience validating high-speed interfaces (e. g. , DDR, USB, PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet) and standard protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, etc. ), Knowledge of C/C++ or embedded programming for firmware development, Hands-on experience with lab tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, thermal sensors), Familiarity with validation frameworks, debug utilities (JTAG, Lauterbach, OpenOCD), and issue tracking systems (JIRA, Bugzilla), Hands-on experience with Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI) analysis for high-speed digital, mixed-signal, and power-dense designs, Applying best practices in schematic design, PCB layout, stack-up definition, decoupling strategies, and grounding, Proven experience delivering embedded hardware designs from concept through production
Nice to Have
leadership, communication, and collaboration skills
What You'll Do.
Lead hardware validation planning and execution of embedded products
applications and solutions utilizing a wide portfolio of Renesas products
Drive hardware technical decisions
usability and completeness of hardware platforms
Own hardware execution from ideation
validation through qualification and production readiness
Planning and execution of new product prototype bring-up
potential improvements to product development teams
Contribute to reference designs
development platforms
and documentation to enable broad customer adoption
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborating closely with systems, firmware/software, validation, and platform develop teams; Collaborate closely with systems, firmware/software, validation, and product engineering teams to ensure seamless hardware-software integration
Communication Scope
communication skills
Process & Methodology
hardware execution from ideation, validation through qualification and production readiness
Full Job Description
The Sr Hardware Validation engineer serves as embedded hardware domain expert, driving product and platform design quality, evaluation and validation objectives, and technical execution while collaborating closely with systems, firmware/software, validation, and platform develop teams. * Lead hardware validation planning and execution of embedded products, applications and solutions utilizing a wide portfolio of Renesas products * Drive hardware technical decisions, ensuring robustness, usability and completeness of hardware platforms * Own hardware execution from ideation, validation through qualification and production readiness. * Collaborate closely with systems, firmware/software, validation, and product engineering teams to ensure seamless hardware-software integration. * Identify and mitigate hardware-related technical risks, ensuring highest user experience * Planning and execution of new product prototype bring-up, bench-testing, and evaluation. * Support creation and review of technical documentation (Datasheets, User Manuals/Guides, Application Notes etc) * Feedback findings, issues, potential improvements to product development teams * Contribute to reference designs, development platforms, and documentation to enable broad customer adoption. * Act as a technical mentor, influencing best practices and raising the bar for hardware design excellence. ## Qualifications * Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, with at least 5- 7 years of experience * 5-7 years of experience in embedded hardware and system design and validation encompassing microcontrollers, power management and analog/mixed-signal products * Strong understanding of SoC architecture, ARM cores (A/M series), peripherals, power/clock/reset, and low-power design techniques. * Very good understanding of electronic components like PMICs, MOSFETs, GaN, and other discretes * Experience validating high-speed interfaces (e.g., DDR, USB, PCIe, MIPI, Etherne
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