Software Engineer - Embedded Testing

Description :

Job Title : Software Engineer (Testing)

Location : Hyderabad

Job Mode : Work From Office (WFO)

Experience : 7+ Years

Job Summary :

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer (Development & Testing) with strong expertise in C/C++, embedded systems, and multi-threaded software development. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and testing high-performance software solutions in a Linux-based environment.

This role involves working closely with hardware interfaces, embedded IP subsystems, and low-level drivers, along with creating detailed technical documentation such as requirements specifications, design documents, API documentation, and user guides.

The candidate should have strong debugging, problem-solving, and system-level programming skills, along with the ability to work in a cross-functional engineering environment.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, and test high-performance system software for embedded platforms.

- Develop and validate multi-threaded software applications running in Linux environments.

- Design and implement robust and scalable software APIs.

- Perform software validation, testing, and debugging to ensure high quality and reliability.

- Work closely with hardware teams to integrate software with embedded IP subsystems.

- Develop software targeted for x86, standalone systems, and RTOS platforms.

- Implement and debug low-level drivers and register interface programming.

- Develop and maintain bootloaders such as U-Boot and other system-level components.

- Identify, analyze, and resolve system-level issues at device and board level.

- Use JTAG debuggers and other debugging tools to troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues.

Generate and maintain technical documentation including :

1. Requirements Specifications

2. Software Design Documents

3. API Documentation

4. User Guides

- Work with and integrate open-source software components into system solutions.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, firmware, and system engineers.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 7+ years of experience in software development and testing.

- Strong programming expertise in C and C++.

- Hands-on experience with multi-threaded software development in Linux environments.

- Experience designing high-performance and scalable software architectures.

- Strong experience in software API design and development.

- Deep understanding of embedded systems and low-level programming.

Experience working with embedded IP subsystems, including :

1. Ethernet

2. PCIe

3. SPI

4. I2C

5. USB

6. GPIO

7. Memory architectures (DDR, SDRAM)

8. DMA

- Experience developing software for x86 platforms, standalone systems, and RTOS environments.

- Experience in low-level driver development and register-level programming.

- Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.

- Experience with bootloaders such as U-Boot.

- Strong debugging skills at device and board level using JTAG debuggers.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills :

- Experience in software development for FPGA platforms.

- Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or TCL.

- Experience integrating and working with open-source software frameworks.

- Knowledge of hardware/software co-design and debugging.

- Experience in system performance optimization.