Sr Staff Software Engineer

Renesas is looking for a highly experienced Software Development Engineer in Test to work on testing customer facing software. This position involves a wide range of technical challenges, from collaborating on the design and development of test automation frameworks and testing strategies, to designing and implementing automated tests for one of Renesas’s fastest growing product lines. You will have the opportunity to directly impact customer experience through work on software products that enable feature rich hardware to shine. We are currently seeking a highly motivated Specialist in validating the software to configure Power ICs. If you are a versatile, inquisitive, creative test automation engineer and have a passion for diving into complex technical challenges, working with systems involving Software and Hardware, and collaborating closely with colleagues, we’d like to hear from you. If you seek a place to shine with no artificial barriers, apply now!

Essential Functions:

• Work closely with the Technical Lead for Test on automation framework enhancements, creating new testing tools and integrations, and on the development of testing best practices for the team.
• Perform automation feasibility analysis, design, and implement automated test cases using the automation framework with a focus on building reusable test components, debug test results and produce detailed bugs reports.
• Define test strategies, processes to convert written test cases to test automation.
• Develop a deep understanding of the products and systems under test.
• Gather and drive clarity on software requirements from diverse groups including customers, application engineers, hardware, engineers to ensure the products we deliver meet and exceed customer expectations for quality.
• Help mentor colleagues and guide design and implementation of automated tests using the automation framework and software development and testing best practices.
• Handle multiple, competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and manage tension between timelines, quality, and features.
• Willingness to speak up, raise issues and risks, ask lots of questions, and provide improvement recommendations for products, test cases, test automation design, test frameworks/tools, and team processes.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in hands on Software Test Automation including UI Automation and framework development on complex systems.
• Extensive experience guiding and mentoring colleagues including performing automation code reviews and technical training. 
• Technical expertise and experience in the Python programming language
• Experience using object-oriented design, software design principles and patterns, and automated testing best practices.
• Experience with unit, functional, integration, and system testing
• Understanding of JIRA and Git
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and accuracy, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must have highly developed written and verbal cross-functional communication skills, be a true team player ready to jump in to assist others in a friendly way, excited about learning, applying, and sharing new skills, and keeping up on the latest technologies and tools in test automation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Java development experience and/or ability to quickly pick up new programming languages beyond Python.
• Experience with basic electronics, microcontroller programming and bus communications
• Experience with visual, performance, and Firmware and/or Hardware testing
• Experience in DevOps, Confluence, GitLab or similar technologies
• Automated testing tool proficiency in Qt Squish, SmartBear Test Complete, or equivalent tools
• An ideal candidate will have a combined software development and test automation background.

Education:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering

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.

Renesas Electronics Corporation empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. The leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at www.renesas.com.

Renesas’ mission, To Make Our Lives Easier, is underpinned by our company culture, TAGIE. TAGIE stands for Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative and Entrepreneurial. Our goal is to embed this unique culture in everything we do to succeed as a company and create trust with our diverse colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

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.