Staff Software Engineer

Global Pay grade: Up to Global Pay Grade P5

Division: HPC AI & Cloud Engineering Division (291800000000)

Location: Düsseldorf, Munich, Dresden or remote within Germany.

• Design, build, and maintain our division’s infrastructure that supports our application development, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.  
•  Implement and automate deployment, monitoring, and scaling processes to ensure the smooth operation of our systems and services.  
• Monitor system performance and reliability metrics, troubleshoot issues, and implement solutions to prevent downtime and improve efficiency.  
• Collaborate with our teams Engineers to design, develop, and deploy reliable and scalable applications. 
• Develop and maintain tools and scripts for automation, configuration management, and monitoring of our infrastructure and applications. 
• Respond to incidents and emergencies to minimize downtime and ensure reliability of or systems.  
• Continuously evaluate and improve our infrastructure, processes, and practises to enhance reliability, scalability, and efficiency.  
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practises, and emerging technologies in site reliability engineering and cloud computing. 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.    
• Experience working as a Site Reliability Engineer or in a similar role. 
• Programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, or similar. 
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. 
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes. 
• Proficiency in Linux system administration, shell scripting, and network troubleshooting.  
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.  
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. 

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be part of the AI & Cloud Engineering (ACE) Division and AI Workbench team. Our AI Workbench is a cloud-based environment to accelerate Automotive AI Software Development and Evaluation. The AI Workbench has 4 main functional blocks today, with one of those blocks providing access to both SILS (Software in the Loop Simulator) and HILS (Hardware in the Loop Simulator). 

As a Site Reliability Engineer - ACE, you will be responsible for designing, building, and  maintaining our infrastructure. You should have a strong background in cloud technologies and excellent problem-solving skills. You will work closely with multiple engineering teams (and cross-function teams) to support their infrastructure requirements.  

Our division’s mission is to use the latest AI and cloud technologies to develop the best AI inference for advanced driver safety engineers building self-driving vehicles and other high performance compute products. Renesas is the leading automotive electronics supplier globally, and this is a rare opportunity to develop the infrastructure required to deploy our AI software to the billions of devices we ship to customers every year. You will join our newly formed AI & Cloud Engineering organization of around 100 software engineers. Due to strong demand for our AI-related products we are planning to triple in size in the next three years, so there is lots of room for you to help us grow the team together while remaining small. We are focusing on our hiring into our Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore sites. If you are successful and living outside of these cities, we can support your relocation to one of the three sites based on team needs.

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.