Automotive Acoustic Sensing Systems Engineer

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductorcompanies in the world. We strive to develop a safer,healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is tomake every endpoint intelligent by offering productsolutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure andIoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world-leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plusWinning Combination solutions that curate thesecomplementary products. We are a key supplier to theworld’s leading manufacturers of the electronics you relyon every day; you may not see our products, but they areall around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30countries worldwide. As a global team, our employeesactively embody the Renesas Culture, our guidingprinciples based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile,Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believesin, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, withinitiatives and a leadership team dedicated to itsresources and values. At Renesas, we want to build asustainable future where technology helps make our liveseasier. Join us and build your future by being part ofwhat’s next in electronics and the world

Join us at the new Renesas AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) Center of Excellence! Our Reality AI Tools help customers make every product they build more intelligent. We aim to make machine learning model creation, sensor and processor selection, and embedded product creation all effortless for customers. The core technology blends signal processing, automatic feature selection, and AI model generation to operate efficiently on low-cost MCUs. We are growing fast and need skilled and experienced team members to help build and lead the center. This specific role focuses on acoustic sensing in automotive environments.

What You Will Focus On:
Detailed Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Detection, identification and tracking of sound targets in the acoustic environment around automobiles
• Developing new ideas and algorithms to improve performance and fuse data with other automotive systems
• Designing acoustic signal-processing-based pre-processing stages and feature spaces.
• Incorporating new ideas from the research community.
• Technical problem-solving for field data collection and demonstration in live automotive settings
• Collaborating with a cross-disciplinary team of AIoT center engineers, as well asRenesas autotmotive solutions engineers around the world.
• Helping build, guide, and mentor a growing technical team. Broad experience with sensors, signals, and their application in a variety of settings

What You Bring To The Table:
• 3-6 years of work experience in related areas, including some project team lead roles.
• Master’s Degree or Ph.D. in the applicable field.
• Working knowledge of a variety of ML Classification and regression methods, unsupervised learning, andanomaly detection -- not just deep learning.
• Core understandingof signal processing theory
• Some experience in applyingmachine learning to signals in domains like audio, vibration,electrical, radar, etc. (Our team focuses on signals, not images orvideos.)
• Strong MATLAB programming skills, competent in C/C++ and/or Python.
• A positive, collaborative attitude.

Nice To Have:
• Experience developing and applying signal processing chainalgorithms.
• Familiarity with automotive signal busses, systems andinstrumentation, particularly ADAS related.

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 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 celebrating 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 federal, state or local law.