Sr Staff Engineer, Security and Functional Safety Validation, Automotive SoCs

You will be responsible for end‑to‑end validation of Security and Functional Safety (FuSa) features for Renesas R‑Car automotive SoCs. The role focuses on validating secure boot, cryptographic services, safety mechanisms, and system‑level robustness across Linux, QNX, Android and RTOS environments on heterogeneous multi‑core SoCs.
You will work closely with BSP, firmware, hardware, and safety/security architecture teams to ensure production‑ready, audit‑compliant platforms for next‑generation IVI, ADAS, and fusion products.

•  Relevant working experience

• Strong system‑level understanding of secure boot and firmware architecture, QM vs safety domain partitioning, and multi‑core heterogeneous SoC behaviour
• Hands‑on experience in Security and Functional Safety (FuSa) validation for automotive SoCs
• Strong understanding of secure boot, cryptography, and ISO 26262 safety concepts
• Validation of X5H secure boot chain (BootROM → IPL → TF‑A → OP‑TEE → OS)
  Validation of RSIP‑M / RSIP‑E (HSM) including key provisioning, lifecycle states, and hardware crypto
• Validation of OP‑TEE and Trusted Applications, including secure storage (RPMB on UFS/eMMC)
• Execution of negative, robustness, and tamper testing (authentication failures, corrupted images)
• Validation of secure firmware loading across A‑core, R‑core, SCP, and Safety Island
• Validation of ISO 26262 safety mechanisms targeting ASIL‑B / ASIL‑D
  Validation of startup tests (LBIST, memory tests, watchdogs), ECC, and E2E protection
• Safety Island boot and runtime validation
• Fault injection and failure‑mode testing with analysis of fault detection and reaction paths
• System‑level validation on Linux (Yocto BSP), QNX Hypervisor, and RTOS / SafeRTOS / FreeRTOS
• System integration validation across heterogeneous multi‑core SoCs, ensuring correct partitioning between QM and safety domains
• Debugging and analysis of boot failures, safety events, and security violations using logs and low‑level traces
• Development and execution of system‑level validation plans, test cases, automation, and reports
• Contribution to security and safety validation evidence for internal reviews and customer audits
• Hands‑on experience with Git/Gerrit, Yocto build systems, JTAG and system‑level debugging tools, and security and functional safety validation tooling such as fault injection and negative testing

Education and Background

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electronics or Computer Science
• 10+ years of hands‑on experience in automotive security and/or functional safety software development or validation on embedded platforms including Linux, QNX, Android, Zephyr, and FreeRTOS

• Expected role in Renesas

• Own and execute security and safety validation for X5H Gen5 platforms
• Deliver validation reports and evidence for internal and customer audits
• Work closely with global teams to enable production‑ready SDKs and platforms
•  Support customer enablement and issue resolution

• Relevant Experiences (Combination of good-to-have and must-have):

• Overall:
  • Relevant industry experience in embedded software development with a proven track record in translating complex use cases requirements into design, system specifications, standards, and software solutions. Focus shall be on open source software.
  • Ability to work independently with strong motivation towards meeting deadlines with efficiency and focus
• Architecture
  • System architecture experience for heterogeneous / multi-core embedded SoC computing platforms.
• Development
  • Embedded system software development experience including low level firmware, kernel, and user space components on an SoC product comparable to the Renesas R-Car family
  • Ability to develop and debug on both real hardware as well as simulation and emulation environments
• Debug:
  • Ability to debug complex system level use cases involving hardware and software elements such as bandwidth/QoS knobs.
  • Software debugging including CLI, PCB, and application-level debug techniques
  • Ability to debug high speed communication interfaces including HW/SW co-debug
• Collaboration:
  • Ability to collaborate with sales, marketing, architecture, customer, partners, and other groups to create best in class reference solutions, solve problems, and enable customer success
  • Ability to expand upon existing solutions in collaboration with architects and prior design teams
  • Ability to work independently as well as in small teams
• Communication:
  • Excellent written and verbal communication due to frequent customer and internal communications; ability to provide direct, efficient, and clear customer communications under pressure
  • Familiarity with global business cultures (Japan, Europe, US, India) and strong cross-cultural sensitivity
  • Familiarity with verbal and written Japanese (nice to have)
• Travel:
  • Flexibility to manage occasional international travel on short notice to support customer success or internal initiatives

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. 

• • Location: Bangalore

Reporting to Senior Manager of Engineering

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.  

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