Sr Software Engineer
Renesas ElectronicsResponsibilities
- Design and develop device drivers for new hardware.
- Design and develop security functions using dedicated hardware, including encryption and secure boot.
- Design, develop, maintain, and manage common Linux software such as the Linux kernel, Trusted Firmware-A, U-Boot, and OP-TEE.
- Introduce and evaluate open-source software for industrial networking functions such as OPC UA.
- Coordinate technical discussions, proposals, and support with internal and external stakeholders and submit patches to open-source communities.
- Build and maintain development environments and recipes using the Yocto Project.
- Develop proprietary library packages for Ubuntu and Debian.
- Manage vulnerability information and CVE response policies and implement remediation measures.
- Plan and manage software maintenance and promote process improvements and automation for quality assurance.
- Research, prototype, and evaluate technologies for next-generation products.
Requirements
- At least approximately five years of embedded software development experience, including independently understanding hardware specifications and developing and debugging software control functions.
- Basic knowledge of open-source licenses such as GPL, MIT, and BSD.
- Communication skills with customers and internal and external stakeholders.
- Willingness to work in English; Japanese at business level and English at conversational level.
- Experience with Linux Kernel, device drivers, graphics, video codecs, security, or industrial networking development is preferred.
- Experience using the Yocto Project is preferred.
- Knowledge of Arm architectures such as Cortex-A, Cortex-M, Cortex-R, and TrustZone, or RISC-V, is preferred.
- Experience programming in Arm or RISC-V assembly language is preferred.
- General embedded-product security knowledge is preferred.
- Experience debugging software on development boards using tools such as ICE is preferred.
- Open-source community contribution experience is preferred.
- Experience developing in CI/CD environments using GitLab or Jenkins is preferred.
- Knowledge of secure boot, cryptography, SELinux, CVE response, and virtualization technologies such as hypervisors is preferred.
Benefits
- Regular permanent employment.
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, with details provided during the selection process.
- Remote work is not available.
About Renesas Electronics
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.’