Sr System Engineer at Renesas Electronics in San Jose, CALIFORNIA, United States

Job description

• 100% onsite - San Jose, CA or Morrisville, NC
• We are looking for a talented and versatile Sr. Systems Engineer to join our embedded engineering team. In this role, you will own the full development lifecycle of embedded electronic systems — from concept and architecture through hardware design, PCB layout, and firmware implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electronic systems from requirements to production, including power supply design, signal conditioning, communication interfaces, and mixed-signal circuits.
• Perform schematic capture using industry-standard EDA tools (Altium).
• Execute PCB layout, routing, and design rule review for multi-layer boards, ensuring signal integrity, EMC compliance, and thermal performance.
• Write and maintain hardware design documentation, including schematics, BOM, and design verification reports.
• Lead PCB design reviews.
• Implement and optimize peripheral drivers (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet) and communication stacks.
• Write clean, maintainable C/C++ code following embedded best practices, including memory management, interrupt handling, and low-power design.
• Perform bring-up, debugging, and root cause analysis of complex hardware/firmware issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG/SWD debug tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system-level requirements are met and properly validated.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in embedded systems engineering in a professional setting.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ firmware development for 32-bit ARM MCUs or MPUs.
• Solid understanding of digital and analog circuit design, including power electronics fundamentals.
• Experience with embedded communication protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB, Ethernet).
• Proficiency with debug tools: JTAG/SWD probes, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters.
• Ability to read and interpret datasheets, application notes, and reference manuals independently.
• Strong documentation habits and experience with version control systems (Git).
• Candidates with any of the following will be given strong preference:
• Board bring-up, device tree configuration, and kernel/driver development.
• Yocto Project or Ubuntu for custom Linux distribution builds.
• Familiarity with Linux IPC mechanisms, system services, and application development.
• Motor control and power electronics — Motor Control & Power Systems:
• Field-Oriented Control (FOC) / BLDC / PMSM motor drive design and implementation.
• Power electronics design: DC-DC converters, motor driver stages, gate drive circuits.
• Experience with motor control libraries or DSPs.

Skills

Required

• Digital and analog circuit design
• Power electronics fundamentals
• Version control systems (Git)
• Schematic capture using Altium
• PCB layout, routing, design rule review
• Documentation

Preferred

• Embedded Linux
• Yocto Project or Ubuntu
• Motor control libraries or DSPs

Benefits

• Renesas offers a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, and pet insurance. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive company-paid life insurance and AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as paid sick time, paid holidays, and accrued paid vacation. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.
• The expected annual pay range for this position is $109,500 - $171,150. This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities and commission pay. Please note that the final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.