Software QA Engineer
Renesas · Posted Nov 2
Semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries
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About the role
Renesas is a global semiconductor company offering MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. The QA team works with cross-functional teams to validate digital controller solutions powering AI, client and server applications. This role covers hands-on manual and automated software/UI testing in Python, plus hardware, firmware and IC test planning, execution, debugging and automation.
What you will do
- Responsibilities include software test planning, execution, reporting, leading testing projects, automation, documentation, and debugging software connected to hardware to determine the root cause of issues, and driving product quality across the development software/hardware lifecycle.
- You will work teams across the globe to generate test requirements and define test methodologies.
- Develop a robust understanding of detailed technical requirements for product software and related hardware and firmware.
- Design and execute automated and manual test plans for software, hardware, firmware, and IC solutions.
- Debug software and hardware issues, with a focus on IC functionality and root cause analysis.
- Analyze test results, report defects, and support issue resolution with development and customer-facing teams.
- Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to ensure product quality exceeds expectations.
- Drive test automation, validation framework improvements, and QA best practices.
- Mentor team members and contribute to testing strategy, planning, and process enhancements.
- Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while balancing quality, timelines, and feature delivery.
- Proactively identify risks, raise issues, and recommend product and process improvements.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Education: Bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or similar
- Experience: 2-5 years of Software QA experience, including 2+ years testing software integrated with hardware/firmware.
- Technical Proficiency: Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills with a keen attention to detail to debug complex HW/SW issues and document detailed test plans and test cases and root cause analysis of software vs hardware/FW bugs through deep analysis of both manual automated test failures.
- Experience in electronics, microcontroller programming, and bus communications, ideally in power systems, semiconductors, or ICs.
- GUI test automation skills with Python and tools such as Qt Squish, SmartBear Test Complete, or similar.
- Familiarity with lab test equipment and measurement tools.
- Solid understanding of JIRA, version control, QA best practices, and software/hardware development lifecycles.
- Proven ability to mentor teams, hardware/software test development and lab management, improve test coverage, and drive quality initiatives.
- Willingness to speak up, raise issues and risks, ask lots of questions, and provide improvement recommendations for products, test cases, test automation, and team processes.
Preferred qualifications
- Background in both Software QA and IC/Power Engineering preferred.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Renesas
Renesas Electronics Corporation is a global semiconductor manufacturer that designs and supplies advanced embedded processors, microcontrollers, analog, power, and connectivity solutions. Serving the automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT sectors, the company delivers integrated technology to support smarter and more sustainable applications worldwide.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 21629 employees
- Founded
- 2002-11-01
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO
Shuhei Shinkai
CFO
Vivek Bhan
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering
Stephen Limoges
Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer
Utae Nakanishi
CHRO
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