Renesas Electronics: Senior Engineer, Design Verification (MCU) — Bengaluru, KA, India

About Renesas Electronics

Renesas Electronics develops semiconductors for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and connected-device applications. Its employer description identifies microcontrollers, system-on-chip devices, analogue components and power products within its portfolio. These components form part of electronic systems made by other manufacturers. Renesas also describes combining complementary products into solutions for customers, connecting individual chips with the needs of an end application. Its business therefore involves both semiconductor technology and how that technology is used in wider electronic products.

The position and its setting

Renesas Electronics lists Senior Engineer, Design Verification (MCU) in Bengaluru, KA, India, under reference 20034388_2026-10-12. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 14 October 2026
• Brands: Renesas Electronics

Responsibilities and work described

• Be a part of end‑to‑end verification execution for SOC owning complex digital IP’s and subsystems from specification to sign‑off
• Define and drive IP‑level verification strategies, including test plans, coverage models, and closure criteria
• Development: scalable, reusable UVM‑based verification environments for IP and subsystem verification
• Leadership: functional, code, assertion, and cross‑coverage closure, ensuring high‑quality sign‑off with clear metrics
• Apply AI/ML‑assisted verification techniques to accelerate coverage convergence, identify stimulus gaps, and optimize regression efficiency
• Drive constraint random and directed test methodologies for thorough protocol, corner‑case, and stress verification
• Collaboration: with RTL, Architecture, Emulation, and SoC Verification teams to ensure seamless IP integration
• Review: IP specifications and work with architects to translate requirements into robust verification plans and checkers
• Development: and deploy advanced checkers, scoreboards, assertions (SVA), and protocol monitors
• Work: with EDA vendors to evaluate and adopt next‑generation verification, coverage, and analytics tools
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best‑in‑class verification practices and continuous improvement
• Support: Gate‑Level Simulation (GLS), low‑power verification, and post‑silicon debug when required
• Quality / delivery: IP deliverables meet quality, schedule, and reusability expectations for SoC integration

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering
• 2 - 4 years of experience in SoC Verification domains and working knowledge of industry-standard EDA toolkits
• Expertise in UVM-based testbench architecture and development
• Experience: metric-driven verification, including functional and code coverage closure
• Deep understanding of SystemVerilog, UVM, assertions (SVA), and verification best practices
• Experience: directed and constrained-random verification methodologies
• Experience debugging complex design issues in simulation, emulation, and post-silicon environments
• Proficiency: Verilog/SystemVerilog, with working knowledge of C/C++, and Shell scripting
• Experience: verification of MCU-based SoCs and subsystems, including CPU cores, AHB/APB/AXI bus protocols, interrupt controllers, GPIO, timers, UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, low-power features, and embedded peripherals
• Understanding: MCU architectures such as ARM Cortex-M, RISC-V, or equivalent embedded processor architectures
• Analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Knowledge: firmware-driven verification techniques and embedded software interaction with MCU peripherals is desirable
• Hands-on experience using AI/ML-based verification tools for:
• Coverage gap analysis
• Test stimulus optimization
• Regression triage and coverage acceleration
• Scripting expertise in Python, Perl, or TCL for automation and analytics
• Exposure: formal verification and hybrid formal-simulation flows
• Familiarity: high-speed or complex IPs, such as:
• H.264
• Security, debug, or safety-critical IPs
• Experience: MCU functional safety concepts (ISO 26262), low-power verification, secure boot, and embedded system validation is a plus
• Experience: firmware development/debugging in Embedded C or RTOS-based environments is desirable

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Bengaluru, KA, India

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Renesas Electronics

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Relevant skills

• Python
• C++
• AI/ML
• ISO
• AI
• embedded systems
• firmware
• communication