Lead Firmware Engineer

• 7+ years (or more) of overall relevant industry experience and a track record of shipping server/storage/networking products for the enterprise, cloud data center and service provider markets.
• Prior experience for working with ISV (Independent Software Vendors) and enabling IBV (Independent BIOS Vendors) for enabling x86 / ARM platforms.
• Good written and verbal communication skills should be a quick learner and a team player.
• Strong experience in board bring-up and trouble shooting and co-working hardware teams. Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong experience in platform BIOS/integrated firmware image development and integration.
• Support the triage and debug of critical bugs from BIOS side that require multi-team interactions.
• Experience in hardware/software interfaces and debugging sophisticated issues in CPU and firmware using JTAG, source code debuggers and other tools is a must.
• Deep understanding of full product life cycle, software development methods (both Agile and Waterfall), and development and build environments.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, highly dynamic environment, with a bias towards action and results.
• B.Tech/B.E in CS/EC or EE
• Partner with Platform team to bring-up the BIOS and firmware during Embedded SOC bring-up.
• Partner with HW and Silicon validation teams for verification of all embedded features in the Silicon IP.
• Prior years of experience and/or education within the semiconductor industry
• Work on software POCs (Proof of Concepts) for early enablement of new technology.
• Experience with x86, ARM and/or RISC-V architecture.
• Experience embedded firmware and/or device driver development.
• Experience with pre-silicon development on FPGAs or simulation environments.
• Experience with board, processor, or ASIC bring-up.
• Experience with DDR, SPI, eSPI, I2C, LPC, and PCIe.
• Experience with source control systems such as svn or git.
• Experiences working with RTOS and other embedded OS environments.
• Complete mastery of C programming language with recent programming experience.

Role & Responsibilities as a Lead:

• Design, develop, debug, verify and/or validate firmware/ BIOS, software and/or hardware.
• Participant in day-to-day platform BIOS/integrated firmware image development/integration.
• Partner with Platform team to bring-up the BIOS and firmware during Embedded SOC bring-up.
• Partner with HW and Silicon validation teams for verification of all embedded features in the Silicon IP.
• Support the triage and debug of critical bugs from BIOS side that require multi-team interactions.
• Work on software POCs (Proof of Concepts) for early enablement of new technology.
• Experience producing quality firmware.