Technical Lead - Post Silicon Validation
India
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Job Description
Technical Lead - Post Silicon Validation
Bangalore, Karnataka

Job Summary

As an ASIC Engineer, Firmware, you will architect, design, develop firmware for next-gen ASIC platforms. In this role, you will be responsible for contributing to the definition of architecture and implementation designs for our products. You will also play a key role in ASIC roadmap, from the initial architecture and design phase to deployment in the data center fleet. Our team is responsible for developing and delivering Boot firmware, low-level device drivers, and RTOS-based platform firmware for next-generation data center silicons. To succeed in this position, you will need to demonstrate strong development practices and the ability to collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop firmware and tooling for next-gen data center chips, Lead the design and development of embedded software engineering activities and provide technical leadership and guidance to team members, analyze, design, develop, and debug firmware for a wide variety custom SoC for data center solutions
  • Be a go-to person to escalate the most complex development, performance and evaluation issues that require in-depth knowledge of product-focused firmware development
  • Support all phases of SoC development – including early architecture requirements definition for custom silicon, firmware architecture, implementation, simulation, FPGA debug, chip bring up and support systems and software teams on algorithm development on validated systems
  • Play a critical role in the definition and execution of long-term roadmaps in partnership with with silicon architects, hardware designers, OS team, and algorithm and model development teams
  • Understand and implement power-management, boot loaders, scheduling, inter-processor communication, firmware/system interfaces on Linux, RTOS and/or bare-metal environments

Skill Requirements

1. Strong Proficiency In Post Silicon Validation Methodologies And Tools.
2. Advanced Knowledge Of C, C++, And Python Scripting For Validation Tasks.
3. Understanding Of Best Practices In Design Verification And Validation Processes.
4. Solid Analytical And Problem-Solving Skills For Technical Risk Assessment And Mitigation.

Other Requirements

Minimum Qualifications B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience 8+ years of experience in embedded system development, including programming in C for development, debugging, testing and performance analysis Experience in BootROM, bootloaders and secure boot development Experience in platform firmware development for complex SoC's Experience working with embedded hardware platforms and exposure to concepts such as clock-level issues, interrupts, and polling Preferred Qualifications Demonstrated expertise in developing with RTOS (preferably Zephyr) and embedded Linux Experience in Python or any other scripting language for tooling, test automation is a plus Experience leading complex features or projects across multiple teams Experience with lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes,
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