Software Engineering and QA Office in Ukraine for Renesas (former Celeno)

About the Client

What would life be like without Wi-Fi? It’s hard to imagine emerging realities without wireless technology.

To enhance the Wi-Fi user experience, the company offers chipsets that provide high-speed wireless connectivity. Chips and software technologies have been embedded into Wi-Fi devices used in many homes, offices, and various organizations around the world. With a global presence and offices in Israel, the USA, Asia, and Europe, the company keeps growing and expanding its R&D capacity to develop cutting-edge Wi-Fi solutions.

The Story

When we first met, the company already had a development office in Ukraine provided by another IT Staff Augmentation service provider. They were really excited by the level of expertise, tech skills, passion, and full engagement of Ukrainian developers into the project. The company’s technical stack is quite rare, but there are enough developers and QA specialists who can easily and efficiently implement the client’s request in Ukraine and provide quality assurance services at the top level.

It was important for the client to transfer their Ukrainian team to an ideal office space designed for comfortable and efficient work, to get turnkey vendor support, and, of course, to hire more specialists.
Considering the request, Newxel shortly organized an individual branded office for them with its own security access system, separate meeting room, coffee point, relaxation zone, and sleeping spaces. It was that very moment when we started our long-term partnership…

Newxel’s Approach

We started the recruitment process by hiring 4 QA specialists and eventually expanded the existing team in two months. Currently, the client’s dedicated development team in Ukraine consists of 29 people with a local Site Manager who loves what they do and shares the same values & goals with the client’s company. Currently, there are 9 QA specialists, 3 DevOps professionals, and 17 embedded Linux Kernel developers, 25% of all of them worked within the company for 3 to 5 years.

One of Newxel’s core values is flexibility. We always have a custom approach to each client and consider their needs carefully, since each company is different, as well as their requirements, goals, and concerns.
For more than 5 years of cooperation, we have built trusting relationships. Newxel helped open a Wi-Fi house in Ukraine, and now we support two houses that are used for testing software solutions. 

Services Covered by Newxel

The scope of services covered by Newxel is much wider than the standard service package.

• Recruitment — searching and hiring the right people that totally respond to the client’s requirements
• Full HR support
• Account Management
• Facility Management 
• Finance and legal support in Ukraine
• Travel Support 
• Office infrastructure
• Organization of supplies
• 24/7 office access 

Technical Background

Linux Kernel, C, C++, QA, DevOps, Networking