Senior Principal Firmware Engineer
This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and growing team of experienced engineers developing physical layer IP’s for industry-standard high-speed serial-link protocols , as applied to Die-2_die and Chiplet Interconnects . The successful candidate will ideally be a highly motivated self-starter who is able to work independently to complete assigned tasks and can also contribute to project leadership. It is expected that the candidate will contribute during all phases of firmware development for high speed Die-2-Die , UCIe IPs from firmware architecture development to implementation, verification, testing and customer deployment.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with UCIe PHY digital and mixed signal architects to figure out the details of FW functions and sequences. Contribute during firmware architecture development and implementation of the defined firmware features.
- Help to build system level prototype control software to develop/validate adaptation, equalization, and control algorithms for high speed UCIe IPs.
- Validate the developed firmware in Emulation based models and in Simulations.
- Implement assigned FW features and work closely with verification[simulation] and validation team to ensure the functionality and robustness of the implemented features.
- Support of Validation team during electrical and system characterization during post-silicon testing. Identify any FW and HW related functionality and performance issues and implement any necessary FW improvement and work around codes to address these issues.
- Support Product Engineering, System Validation and Design team to debug IP issues during customer deployment of the IP and provide hot fixes.
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to firmware design, development, bug fixes and compliance testing.
Desired Skills
- B.Tech with 14yrs or M.Tech with 12yrs in Electrical/Electronics Engineering
- Solid programming knowledge in C/C++ and Python
- Understanding of wireline communication principles and digital signal processing techniques are must
- Strong problem solving and communication skills
- Hands on Proven experience in developing for Hardware based DSP acceleration engines
- Experience with silicon validation process and debug is a plus
- Experience with digital verification environment and tools is a plus
Skills Required
- B.Tech with 14 years or M.Tech with 12 years in Electrical/Electronics Engineering
- Solid programming knowledge in C/C++
- Programming knowledge in Python
- Understanding of wireline communication principles and digital signal processing techniques
- Proven hands-on experience developing for hardware-based DSP acceleration engines
- Experience with silicon validation process and debug
- Experience with digital verification environment and tools
- Strong problem solving and communication skills
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