Sr Staff Application Engineer

Role Overview This position is the technical owner of the core layer for Renesas Hardware Support Packages, enabling MATLAB/Simulink workflows across Renesas MCU families.

This role architects and delivers critical platform capabilities such as External Mode, PIL, scheduling infrastructure, and code generation integration, and ensures robust integration with compilers and toolchains.

The role partners closely with external and internal experts to maintain compatibility with evolving MATLAB releases and to keep the platform scalable and maintainable.

Key Responsibilities Architect and lead development of MW HSP foundation components including External Mode, PIL, Scheduler, and CodeGen integration.

Guide integration of compilers, toolchains, and Renesas MCU families, ensuring reliable build/deploy workflows.

Perform deep architecture reviews, troubleshoot escalations, and provide technical direction to senior engineers.

Own GitHub release workflow, validation strategy, and long‑term maintainability (branching, CI expectations, regression readiness).

Collaborate with MATLAB/MathWorks and Renesas experts to ensure compatibility with the latest MATLAB releases and alignment to platform strategy.

Qualifications B.

Tech/M.

Tech in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field with 10+ years of experience in embedded software/platform engineering, with strong ownership of foundation/middleware layers.

Proven experience delivering support packages / BSP/HSP‑like enablement for MCU platforms (toolchain + build/deploy + debug workflows).

Strong hands‑on expertise with MATLAB/Simulink MBD workflows, Embedded C/C++, and system‑level debugging.

Deep understanding of toolchains, compilers, linkers, and embedded build systems, plus performance and robustness considerations.

Experience defining release processes, validation/regression strategies, and driving long‑term maintainability of a platform.

Added Advantage Direct experience with External Mode / PIL / code generation integration for embedded targets.

Experience collaborating with MathWorks or maintaining compatibility across MATLAB releases.

Exposure to Renesas semiconductor products, ecosystems and related enablement artifacts (targets, board definitions, workflows).