Firmware Developer

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Firmware Development Engineer with hands-on experience in embedded systems development and testing. The ideal candidate will be proficient in C programming, device driver development, and debugging complex firmware issues across pre-silicon and post-silicon platforms.

Experience range 6+ Yrs.

• 1 Mid-Level Firmware Engineer capable of writing C test cases on A78 core with device driver for low/high speed interfaces.
• Zephyr OS or ARM experience which we are looking for
• Expert C programming experience & debugging skills for embedded systems.
• Working experience and/or exposure to firmware testing platforms including: Emulation and post Si.
• Prior involvement in board, processor, or ASIC bring-up.
• Proven ability to methodically root-cause complex failure mechanisms at the IP, subsystem and/or system level.
• Knowledge of firmware algorithms used in any Host protocols such as: SCSI, SATA, eMMC, USB, PCIe, SPI, DDR, NVMe is an added advantage.
• Knowledge on security protocols is an added advantage.
• Experience in hardware/software interfaces and debuging sophisticated issues in CPU and firmware using JTAG, source code debuggers and other tools.
• Experience with source control systems including git/gerrit
• Working experience with Python, C++, UVM, System Verilog and Verilog is highly preferred
• Solid understanding of firmware development cycle, integration and verification/validation for pre-si and post-si for SoC designs.

Job Responsibilities

• 6+ years of software development and testing.
• Experience in designing complex multithreaded Performant SW.
• Experience in designing SW API interfaces. Experience in C/C++ programming. Experience with Multi-threaded software development in Linux environment. Experience with Embedded IP subsystems e.g. Ethernet/PCIe/SPI/I2C/USB/GPIO/Memory architectures /DDR/SDRAM/DMA. Experience with development of software targeted for x86; standalone and RTOS platforms Experience in low level driver development;
• register interface programming; general algorithms and data structures; bootloaders/Uboot.
• Experience working with and integrating open-source software.
• Strong debugging skills at device and board level using JTAG debuggers.
• Experience in Software programming for FPGAs is an advantage.
• Scripting language experience like Perl; Python or TCL.

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Skills (competencies)