Senior Firmware Engineer/Architect Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Firmware Engineer/Architect to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a technical leader, responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing firmware for high-performance, low-latency applications on baremetal platforms. This role requires a deep understanding of microcontroller architecture, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and communication protocols.

Key Responsibilities :

- Firmware Architecture & Development : Design, develop, and architect firmware for low-latency applications, primarily on baremetal platforms. This includes creating custom schedulers and optimizing code for performance and memory usage.

- System Integration : Develop and debug firmware for new SoCs, including bootloaders, ROM patches, and peripheral drivers for hardware IPs.

- Protocol Development : Design and implement high-speed communication protocols such as PMBus, AVS, VID3, or similar, ensuring robust and efficient data transfer.

- Optimization : Customize and optimize schedulers, memory partitions, and data structures (e.g., linked lists, message queues) to meet strict performance and space constraints.

- Debugging & Testing : Utilize advanced debugging tools like JTAG to troubleshoot complex firmware issues and ensure code quality.

Qualifications :

Education : Bachelor's degree in Electronic and Communication, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Experience :

- 5+ years of experience in firmware development, with a strong focus on embedded systems.

- Experience in the semiconductor industry is a plus.

- Proven experience with baremetal or RTOS-based embedded software development.

- Strong exposure to ARM Cortex M/S/R series architecture, including deep knowledge of hardware and software interrupts and their priority configurations.

- Experience with bootloaders, multi-threaded applications, and custom scheduler development.

- Proficiency with Makefile and build systems.

Preferred Skills :

- RTOS & Core Architecture : In-depth working knowledge of RTOS concepts, ARM controller core architecture, user and privileged modes, and scheduler operations.

- Code Optimization : Expertise in optimizing code for performance, space, and memory management.

- Debugging : Advanced debugging skills using tools like JTAG.

- Design Patterns : Familiarity with embedded design patterns such as interrupt-driven, event-driven, and message-driven architectures.