Embedded Firmware Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define and implement pre-silicon simulation validation, unit and regression testing, debug. Support emulation, FPGA prototyping, and top verification. (20%)
• Participate in systems and digital hardware-firmware architecture definitions, specification analysis and firmware optimization. (20%)
• Support silicon lab evaluation, performance characterization and debug. (10%)
• Interface with system, digital hardware, analog, verification and cross functional teams. (10%)
• Technical support to test, product and application engineers. (10%)

Requirements

• 4+ years of industry experience in embedded firmware for integrated circuits
• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Strong analytical, synthesis and problem solving skills
• Solid knowledge and experience in firmware development for integrated circuits ICs, real-time embedded systems, data path, signal processing, system trade-offs (power, speed, hardware resources, area)
• Background with MCU based systems (ARM, RISC-V, PIC, STM32), architecture, and instruction set
• Proficiency in C/C++ and assembly language programming, scripting languages (Python), debugging capabilities, and industry leading embedded software suites (IDE)
• Design for test experience including implementation of testability and diagnostic features.
• Experience with configurations, version control, release management, integration, unit and regression testing
• Demonstration of technical ownership and successful execution
• Experience with standard hardware protocols (I2C, I3C, SPI, MIPI, JTAG, PCIe)
• Independent, self-motivated, rigorous, team player and able to follow through
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with bare-metal firmware development and real-time embedded systems.
• Embedded firmware development for mixed-signal ICs
• Hands-on experience with development boards, FPGAs, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, supplies, multimeters and the associated measurement methods
• Knowledge of system-level aspects: signal processing, digital hardware, analog, modelling, test and application
• Experience with system/digital design methods & tools, Matlab, SV/Verilog/VHDL etc.
• Experience with consumer and/or ITA market circuit developments

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