Software Engineer (Firmware)

Required Competencies - Experience - Strong professional experience in firmware development or embedded software development in a RTOS environment. - Demonstrable experience in porting and use of RTOS; Zephyr, FreeRTOS - Detailed experience with SoC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, board initialization, peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, SMBUS, UART. - Proven experience working with multiple teams on Root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging skills resulting into solving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues - Familiarity with PCIe/CXL validation and debugging is a big plus. - Demonstrable experience of hardware and firmware architecture, design and coding for solutions at scale. - Experience performing thorough code reviews, unit testing, and documentation. - Proficiency with modern Software development and test workflows (CI/gitlab/makefile/CMake/TDD etc.) Required Competencies - Skills - Strong programming skills in C/C++ for embedded systems. Good understanding of Linux kernel internals and driver architecture. - Solid knowledge of CPU architecture (ex. ARM, ARC, RISC-V), memory map, and register-level programming and debugging - Demonstrable experience with software development for systems with Linux OS or multi-threaded RTOS environments. - Good knowledge of bootloaders and boot sequence and Experience in board bring-up and hardware debugging - Exposure to high-speed signalling technologies: PCIe, CXL - Exposure to ASIC hardware validation & debugging - Familiarity with scripting languages (Python/Shell) for automation - Familiarity with debugging tools: JTAG, UART, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer. - Strong working knowledge of version control tools (Git) - Good knowledge of Baseboard Management Controller systems; OpenBMC, OpenBIC - Good understanding of computer architectures including processors, buses, and memories. - Ability to collaborate with hardware, validation, and application teams for end-to-end integration