Principal Engineer (f/m/d) Application Engineering

• Technical Ownership: Drive the development of complex embedded applications and reference designs using Renesas MCUs, with a focus on motor control, inverter, communication gateway, and other key automotive applications.
• Embedded Architecture and Firmware Expertise: Provide deep technical direction on low-level embedded programming, real-time operating systems, hardware abstraction layers, and system performance optimization.
• Customer and Ecosystem Enablement: Serve as a senior technical advisor to strategic automotive customers, supporting integration and deployment of MCU solutions within their systems.
• Marketing and Sales Support: Offer efficient technical assistance to our marketing and sales teams during design activities, ensuring successful implementation and integration.
• Provide technical training to FAE, Sales, partners, and customers.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with hardware and software teams to ensure cohesive, robust, and scalable solutions.
• Mentorship and Guidance: Mentor junior engineers and application teams, promoting knowledge sharing and technical excellence.

• A degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar field of study.
• 8+ years of experience in embedded systems software development, ideally within the automotive domain.
• Deep knowledge of:
• Embedded processors and microcontroller architectures in automotive applications
• Embedded operating systems
• Automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet)
• Low-level embedded programming in C, and scripting with Python or equivalent
• Development, integration, and debugging of low-level drivers and firmware components, including hardware abstraction layers and related middleware
• Board-level design, circuit analysis, debugging with tools such as oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
• Automated and system-level testing frameworks and methodologies
• Motivation to initiate and drive projects to completion with an open mind for working in an international environment.
• Good sense of understanding technical requirements and customer expectations
• Strong communication skills and the ability to represent technical solutions clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
• A collaborative mindset with a passion for mentorship, innovation, and delivering impactful results.

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