Sr. Staff Engineer For Security and Functional Safety Validation, Auto

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Job profile – Sr. Staff Engineer for Security and Functional Safety Validation, Automotive SoCs You will be responsible for endtoend validation of Security and Functional Safety (FuSa) features for Renesas RCar automotive SoCs. The role focuses on validating secure boot, cryptographic services, safety mechanisms, and systemlevel robustness across Linux, QNX, Android and RTOS environments on heterogeneous multicore SoCs. You will work closely with BSP, firmware, hardware, and safety/security architecture teams to ensure productionready, auditcompliant platforms for nextgeneration IVI, ADAS, and fusion products. • Relevant working experience Strong systemlevel understanding of secure boot and firmware architecture, QM vs safety domain partitioning, and multicore heterogeneous SoC behaviour Handson experience in Security and Functional Safety (FuSa) validation for automotive SoCs Strong understanding of secure boot, cryptography, and ISO26262 safety concepts Validation of X5H secure boot chain (BootROM IPL TFA OPTEE OS) Validation of RSIPM / RSIPE (HSM) including key provisioning, lifecycle states, and hardware crypto Validation of OPTEE 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 Acore, Rcore, SCP, and Safety Island Validation of ISO26262 safety mechanisms targeting ASILB / ASILD Validation of startup tests (LBIST, memory tests, watchdogs), ECC, and E2E protection Safety Island boot and runtime validation Fault injection and failuremode testing with analysis of fault detection and reaction paths Systemlevel validation on Linux (Yocto BSP), QNX Hypervisor, and RTOS / SafeRTOS / FreeRTOS System integration validation across heterogeneous multicore SoCs, ensuring correct partitioning between QM and safety domains Debugging and analysis of boot failures, safety events, and security violations using logs and lowlevel traces Development and execution of systemlevel validation plans, test cases, automation, and reports Contribution to security and safety validation evidence for internal reviews and customer audits Handson experience with Git/Gerrit, Yocto build systems, JTAG and systemlevel 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 • 8+ years of handson 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 productionready 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 Additional notes: Location: Bangalore