Full-Time
Firmware Engineer
Multiple Teams
Updated on 9/4/2026
Renesas Electronics
10,001+ employees
Automotive-focused MCUs, SoCs, analog devices
No salary listed
Germering, Germany
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Bachelor's, Master's
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- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is required.
- Strong expertise in embedded C programming in bare-metal environments and Assembler is required.
- Proficiency with embedded development tools, including compilers, debuggers, linkers, simulators, emulators, static analysis tools, and testing tools is required.
- A solid understanding of memory-constrained and real-time systems, low-level hardware interaction through register-level programming, and CPU architecture principles is required.
- Experience with signal processing basics, including FIR and IIR filters and ADC data handling, is required.
- Experience with Python or similar scripting languages for test automation and tooling is required.
- A good understanding of ASPICE and ISO 26262 software development processes is required.
- Professional working proficiency in English, written and spoken, is required.
- Collaborate closely with system architects, product definition, and hardware development teams.
- Contribute to the definition, customization, and optimization of ASIP RISC-V-based architectures.
- Design and implement firmware for deeply embedded application-specific microcontrollers and digital signal processors.
- Define and refine firmware requirements and firmware architecture.
- Develop and execute unit tests, integration tests, and validation strategies.
- Establish and maintain toolchains, simulation environments, and debug workflows.
- Support performance analysis and optimization in constrained real-time environments.
- Ensure implementation compliance with ISO 26262 functional safety standards.
Renesas Electronics designs and manufactures semiconductor components, including microcontrollers, system-on-a-chip solutions, and analog and power devices for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT markets. Its chips serve as building blocks inside customers’ electronic products, and it offers Winning Combinations—pre-tested system architectures that combine Renesas parts with technologies from its acquisitions to speed development. The company differentiates itself through a broad, integrated portfolio built via acquisitions and a planned unified digital design platform that streamlines integration with hardware and software. Its goal is to be a leading supplier of MCUs, SoCs, and analog/power devices while providing a single, connected design ecosystem that shortens customers’ development cycles.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2002
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue rose 24.8% year over year to ¥405.3 billion.
- Automotive and data-center demand powered Q2 2026 operating profit of ¥132.7 billion.
- Beijing Physical AI Lab and July 1 Division target robotics growth in China.
What critics are saying
- Takasaki Factory shuts 6-inch wafer production within two to three years, squeezing analog supply.
- July 28, 2026 Kumamoto quake halted two plants, exposing Japanese fab concentration risk.
- Open-source ADAS rivals like Autoware commoditize R-Car, pressuring margins by 2027.
What makes Renesas Electronics unique
- Renesas pairs R-Car Gen 5 with Autoware through TIER IV in August 2026.
- Pictorus acquisition on June 17, 2026 strengthens Renesas 365 embedded-software workflows.
- Renesas Gen 3 MRDIMM targets 16,000 MT/s for AI data centers, sampling now.
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↓ -30%The Autoware Foundation has partnered with Renesas Electronics to deliver open-source AI software for advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving. Renesas has joined the foundation at its highest membership tier. The collaboration integrates Autoware's end-to-end AI stack with Renesas R-Car system-on-chip platforms. This enables automotive manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers to develop scalable solutions ranging from entry-level L2 driver assistance to L2++ hands-free autopilot and L4 robotaxis. The partnership allows OEMs to customise the Apache 2.0-licensed software for specific vehicles and use cases, offering a flexible alternative to in-house development or commercial solutions. The companies describe this as a watershed moment for the industry, comparing it to Linux's impact on computing. "This is the Linux moment for the ADAS and autonomous driving industry," said Christian John, board director at the Autoware Foundation.
Renesas Electronics has opened a Physical AI & Robotics Lab in Beijing to help customers develop and validate next-generation robotic systems. The facility will support the company's physical AI strategy, focusing on systems that perceive, decide and act in real time in physical environments. Physical AI represents AI's evolution beyond digital applications into robotics and other real-world systems. The lab will integrate hardware, software, AI modelling, control, power supply and sensing to support complete solution development. Renesas currently addresses roughly 30% of the humanoid robot bill of materials and aims to expand that to 70%. The company established a Physical AI Division on 1 July 2026 to focus on this growth area. The Beijing lab will serve as a platform connecting customers, ecosystem partners, universities and startups to accelerate robotics innovation in China's thriving robotics market.
TOKYO, Japan, March 30, 2019 JST | San Jose, California, U.S.A., March 29, 2019 PST― Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723, “Renesas”), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (“IDT”), a leading supplier of analog mixed-signal products, including sensors, connectivity and wireless power, today jointly announced the successful completion of Renesas’ acquisition of IDT, as of March 30, 2019 JST, March 29, 2019 PDT, following approvals by IDT shareholders and the relevant regulatory authorities.
TIER IV is collaborating with Renesas Electronics to build an open AI-native computing platform for software-defined vehicles. The partnership combines TIER IV's Autoware autonomous driving software and reference AI models with Renesas' R-Car Gen 5 automotive system-on-chips. The collaboration aims to deliver scalable solutions spanning Level 2+ advanced driver assistance through Level 4 autonomous driving. TIER IV will port and optimise Autoware on R-Car Gen 5 SoCs and deploy its end-to-end autonomous driving AI models on the platform. The companies will jointly promote this integrated hardware and software platform to automakers and Tier 1 suppliers worldwide. TIER IV plans to demonstrate Autoware and its reference AI models running on Renesas' R-Car X5H at Automotive World 2026 in September at Makuhari Messe near Tokyo.
SiTime reported triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth, driven largely by AI demand and the expanding data centre market, according to Chairman and CEO Rajesh Vashist. The company's timing synchronisation technology is critical for data centre components including TPUs, GPUs, switches, accelerator cards, optical modules, and cables. Vashist explained that the technology ensures high performance and cost efficiency across these systems. He discussed the company's growth trajectory and market position during an interview on Bloomberg's "The Close" programme.