Staff Software Engineer

Job description

The software team is seeking a Staff SW Engineer who is technically savvy and is excited about working within a SoC development team to produce customer facing software. This position involves a wide range of challenges from interfacing with IC, firmware designers, Renesas internal cloud infrastructure team, product definition team and other stake holders. As part of one of Renesas’s fastest growing product lines, you will have the opportunity to directly impact customer experience through work on software products that enable feature rich hardware to shine.

If you like problem-solving, working with systems involving software/firmware/hardware, and switching between multiple languages and paradigms, we’d like to hear from you. If you seek a place to shine with no artificial barriers, apply now!

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software that meets the needs of both customers and internal teams
• Gather and drive clarity on software requirements from diverse groups including customers, application engineers, hardware, firmware and cloud infrastructure engineers
• Contribute to both existing and new projects, covering a broad range of languages and scope.

We use Java, Kotlin and Python. Aid in code reviews for fellow team members, as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or computer engineering
• 9+ years of software development experience Technical expertise in cloud technologies like Java, python, Kotlin, Spring
• Assist in the upkeep of code quality, reusability, and continual code evaluation
• Investigate and apply new technologies to enhance the user experience
• Ability to design, develop, and troubleshoot software solutions using creative, unconventional approaches
• Strong understanding of Software Architecture and Design principles, Behavior-Driven Development and unit testing
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work across teams Preferred Skills: Experience with Generative and Agentic AI for software development.

Experience working with JavaScript, JavaFX or GUI development Understanding of DevOps including JIRA, Confluence and GitLab preferred Understanding of basic electronics, microcontroller programming and bus communication.