Embedded Software Senior Engineer -SoC Firmware

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  • Ireland
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Embedded Software Senior Engineer -SoC FirmwareAbout the RoleYou will be part of the Core Platform bootloader team enabling diverse SoCs to boot all the way from ROM firmware till OS entry.. Areas this team works on, but not limited to, include several stages of system initialization, secure boot and authentication, platform and device configurations, execution environment enablement across new emerging CPU architectures, enabling latest industry tuned peripherals and interfaces, multicore and multithreaded scheduler based boot initializations, next-gen volatile (DDRx) and non-volatile memory(UFS, NVMe, eMMC, NAND, SPI-NOR, etc) device and interfaces(USB, PCIe) initializations and device driver development.You will be expected to collaborate closely with a team of engineers from multiple SW and firmware technology teams, besides product verification, system, architecture, tools and test teams, to instrument the firmware features and meet our OEM customization and commercialization.You will be highly motivated engineer, a team player who is passionate to learn new technologies and write low level firmware that drives hardware and SoC. Your responsibilities may include, but not limited to:
  • Design, development and integration of SoC firmware features, diagnostics and test capabilities for our boot platforms.
  • Strong coordination and collaboration across wide range of technical areas to include software, hardware, ASIC, integration, architecture, emulation and simulation teams.
  • Paying attention to the details during all phases of firmware design, development, integration, testing and release
  • Work with Emulation, HW design teams, as necessary, in verifying and debugging firmware, driver and resolving platform issues
  • Efficient and secure (ie. cognizant of not exposing security exploits) coding plus driving code review of firmware logic updates with all required stakeholders
  • On time execution of defined tasks and deliverables, driving dependencies with other teams to closure
What are we looking for?
  • 4 to 7 years of experience with embedded systems.
  • C Programming
  • Device Driver development
  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong collaborative skills working with multiple teams
Additional skills are a plus:
  • Chip/SoC on-target, emulation and simulation platform bringup and debug experience
  • Highly proficient in C, with a focus on system initialization and low-level code.
  • Good analytical, debugging and problem solving skills.
  • ARM microprocessor architecture and ARM Assembly language experience.
  • Good understanding of basic real-time/embedded programming, resource-constrained environments, and operating system loaders.
  • Open Source bootloader firmware experiences – UEFI Tianocore EDK2, coreboot, uboot, TF-A, Zephyr RTOS
Education Requirements
  • Required: Bachelor’s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Preferred: Master’s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

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