Sr. Staff Engineer: Embedded FirmwareLocation: San Jose (on-site)
In this role, you will drive firmware design from inception to customer deployment, ensuring seamless hardware validation and integration. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your expertise in embedded systems, multi-chip package environments, and high-speed SerDes to shape the future of optical interconnect.
Essential Functions:- Design, develop, and optimize embedded firmware for controlling high-speed SerDes interfaces and electronic/photonic subsystems.
- Collaborate closely with analog/mixed-signal, digital, and photonic block designers to develop and implement sophisticated control algorithms for our photonic circuits and establish the micro-architecture and embedded requirements for our multi-chip package systems.
- Write unit tests and integration tests for firmware modules; participate in firmware code reviews; maintain high-quality firmware through CI/CD practices.
- Develop and execute firmware test code to support initial silicon power-on and bringup activities; debug hardware-firmware interactions at first silicon.
- Partner effectively with hardware, validation, systems, and software teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Maintain clear technical documentation including APIs, firmware architecture documents, module specifications, and build/release notes
Required Qualifications:- Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Proven expertise in bare-metal embedded firmware development, with strong programming skills in C.
- Experience with various microcontrollers and firmware debugging tools.
- Proficiency with modern version control workflows (e.g., Git), modern firmware development tools, and CI/CD tools.
- Hands-on, proactive approach with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment.
- Silicon bring-up experience.
- Experience in scripting with high level language like Python.
- Experience with Make-based build flows.
Preferred Qualifications: - Ability to own architecture and development of firmware modules from scratch.
- Experience in embedded firmware development for high-speed electronics and photonics applications.
- Silicon bring-up experience for high-speed SerDes and photonics applications.
Salary Range: $180,000 - $223,000
NOTE TO RECRUITERS:
Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don't send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.
