Staff Engineer, QNX Driver and middleware, SoC Automotive Embedded SW

Location: Indiranagar, in

Company Description

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, Analog and Power products, plus winning combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you. 
 
Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world. 

Job Description

Job profile – QNX Developer for middleware and frameworks for Automotive SoCs. 

You will develop highly optimized software architecture for Renesas R-Car Gen5 series devices. Strong working knowledge of QNX FreeRTOS environment for multi-core heterogenous SoCs is a key requirement. You will implement requirements for the next-generation IVI/ADAS products that comprise tools, software, and hardware. Your main responsibilities will be in the following areas: 

Relevant working experience 

QNX 

• Working knowledge developing drivers, middleware and applications for QNX 

• Hands on debugging using standard QNX tools and debuggers such as Lauterbach. 

• Familiarity with QNX build system. 

Camera pipeline 

• Hands on knowledge on camera bring up  

• Driver development for camera pipeline 

• Camera frameworks and ISP 

Developing camera based applications with AI 

• Primarily with QNX 

• System integration with QNX camera frameworks 

• System tuning (boot time, QoS) 

Hypervisor  

• Working knowledge with QNX Hypervisor may be an added advantage 

• Working knowledge of SMMU and virtualization approaches. 

Domains/Peripherals 

• Realization of ADAS/IVI usecases on any heterogeneous platform. 

• Overall automotive system knowledge. 

Tools 

• Git/Gerrit 

• Performance optimization tools  

• Hands on debugging expertise on heterogeneous SoC environments 

Qualifications

Education and Background: 

• Bachelors or Masters graduate (Electronics or Computer Science) 

• Over 6+ years of embedded SW development on QNX/Linux/Android/Zephyr/FreeRTOS 

Relevant Experiences (Combination of good-to-have and must-have): 

Relevant industry experience in embedded software development with a proven track record in translating complex use cases requirements into design, system specifications, standards, and software solutions.  

• Ability to work independently with strong motivation towards meeting deadlines with efficiency and focus 

• Architecture 

• System architecture experience for heterogeneous / multi-core embedded SoC computing platforms. 

• Development 

• Embedded system software development experience including low level firmware, kernel, and user space components on an SoC product comparable to the Renesas R-Car family 

• Ability to develop and debug on both real hardware as well as simulation and emulation environments 

• Debug:  

• Ability to debug complex system level use cases involving hardware and software elements such as bandwidth/QoS knobs. 

• Software debugging including CLI, PCB, and application level debug techniques  

• Ability to debug high speed communication interfaces including HW/SW co-debug 

• Collaboration: 

• Ability to collaborate with sales, marketing, architecture, customer, partners, and other groups to create best in class reference solutions, solve problems, and enable customer success  

• Ability to expand upon existing solutions in collaboration with architects and prior design teams 

• Ability to work independently as well as in small teams 

• Communication: 

• Excellent written and verbal communication due to frequent customer and internal communications; ability to provide direct, efficient, and clear customer communications under pressure 

• Familiarity with global business cultures (Japan, Europe, US, India) and strong cross cultural sensitivity 

• Familiarity with verbal and written Japanese (nice to have) 

• Travel: 

• Flexibility to manage occasional international travel on short notice to support customer success or internal initiatives 

Additional notes: 

• Location : Bangalore 

​Reporting to Senior Manager of Engineering 

Additional Information

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.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.