Firmware Engineer

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop, Compile, Run & Debug C/C++ Bare-metal/Firmware/Software tests/apps (targeting ARM CPU’s/DSP) in Pre-Silicon (Virtual, Emulation and fpga platforms) & Post-Silicon ( Bringup boards, non-form-factor) setups
• Perform unit testing, end2end testing of SW/HW features in pre/post silicon setups
• Run tests for performance, power characterization in pre/post silicon setups
• Understand HW register spec’s, Memory maps and develop/debug firmware
• Work closely with members of the System Validation, Software, Firmware, Hardware teams to complete the execution of pre-silicon/post-silicon test plan
• Creating automation scripts, setting up regression

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years Experience in developing C/C++ based embedded software, firmware
• Experience in developing code, bring-up & debugging in setups (SW+HW) having multi-layered Firmware/Software stacks , interrupts, doorbells , IPC’s
• Experience in developing (build run) bare-metal tests on ARM based CPU’s
• Experience in using SW toolkits, code integration, automation using python

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience running tests on FPGA and/or Emulation platforms for SoC level or IP level
• Experience in post-silicon bring-up and flows for SoC like IP
• Experience with lab system debug with logic analyzers, scopes, meters, etc
• Experience in power tests and evaluation on prototyping platforms
• Android development experience
• DV experience of developing tests at complex Subsystem or SOC level test-benches, creating C/C++ tests that run on ARM/DSP cores