Principal Engineer - Firmware

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Bangalore, Bengaluru, Karnataka
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Hardware • Semiconductor
The Role
The Principal Engineer - Firmware will design, develop, and debug real-time firmware solutions for embedded systems focusing on storage technologies. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams, troubleshooting problems, and conducting performance analysis. Advanced experience in firmware development and storage protocols is essential.
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Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 20,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology, Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

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Job Description:

Microchip Data Center Solutions(DCS) Group vision is to connect, manage and secure the world's information by delivering innovative solutions for storage, memory & compute connectivity and end-point solutions aligned to market transitions.

Our mission is to be the preferred partner for storage, memory, connectivity and end-point storage solutions for the world's data centers including AI infrastructure.

Microchip being one of the major suppliers of  SAS/SATA Expanders and SAS/SATA/NVMe Storage controllers, is seeking for highly skilled and experienced firmware development engineer, who will be joining a team of professionals in developing software and Real-Time Firmware solutions for state-of-art System-on-Chip (SoC) devices with embedded MIPS processors.

Successful applicant will report to Manager of Firmware Engineering and will collaborate with Cross Geo teams to design, develop, debug and support a wide variety of Storage controllers and expanders.

Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Design and Develop firmware/device drivers/software for MIPS processor powered solutions using C and assembly language.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex software problems in embedded real-time systems.
  • Participate in detailed design and code reviews of implementations by team
  • Participate as a senior technical member of the team in the technical analysis and designing of storage software solutions involving SAS/SATA expanders, SATA/SAS/NVMe RAID controller technologies and Network Storage architectures.
  • Work in collaboration with other Microchip sites to design solutions and resolve customer issues
  • Support current product and guide next generation product to production.
  • Analyze software performance (cycle counts, cache utilization) of firmware.
  • Write comprehensive engineering documentation.
  • Present technical information to small teams of engineers and technical marketing personnel.

Requirements/Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Electronics/Computer Science Engineering or related technical majors

  • 10+ years of firmware development experience in embedded systems.

  • 8+ years of experience with one or more storage protocols such as NVMe and thorough knowledge of PCIe interface.

  • 8+ years of experience in for Storage technologies or demonstrated comparable experience.

  • Extensive working knowledge of storage firmware design and implementation.

  • Demonstrated ability to conceive, design, implement and document complex firmware systems.

  • Experience in developing device drivers for peripheral protocols like GPIO, I2C, SPI, etc

  • Experience in GreenHills probe is added advantage.

  • Demonstrated knowledge in use of protocol analyzers and debug tools.

  • Exposure to Storage Security features (Encryption algorithms, SPDM, Hash algorithms) are added advantage

  • Exposure to Network protocols are added advantage

  • Effective communicator of technical ideas using verbal as well as written skills

  • Effective Team Player

  • Highly motivated, sets personal goals, and achieves goals without supervision.

    Travel Time:

    0% - 25%

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    Top Skills

    Assembly Language
    C
    Debug Tools
    Gpio
    Greenhills Probe
    I2C
    Mips Processors
    Nvme
    Pcie
    Protocol Analyzers
    Spi
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    The Company
    HQ: Chandler, AZ
    13,393 Employees
    Year Founded: 1989

    What We Do

    Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading semiconductor supplier of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market.

    The company’s solutions serve more than 125,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets.

    Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.

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