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
Skills Required
- Strong professional experience in firmware or embedded software development in an RTOS environment
- Experience porting and using RTOS platforms, including Zephyr or FreeRTOS
- Experience with SoC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, board initialization, and PCIe, I2C, SPI, SMBUS, or UART peripherals
- Root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging of hardware-firmware interface issues
- Experience with hardware and firmware architecture, design, and coding for solutions at scale
- Experience performing code reviews, unit testing, and documentation
- Experience with modern software development and test workflows, including CI, GitLab, Makefile, CMake, and TDD
- Strong C/C++ programming skills for embedded systems
- Understanding of Linux kernel internals and driver architecture
- Knowledge of CPU architecture, memory maps, and register-level programming and debugging
- Experience developing software for Linux or multithreaded RTOS environments
- Knowledge of boot sequences, board bring-up, and hardware debugging
- Exposure to PCIe and CXL high-speed signaling technologies
- Exposure to ASIC hardware validation and debugging
- Familiarity with Python or Shell scripting for automation
- Familiarity with JTAG, UART, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
- Strong working knowledge of Git
- Knowledge of Baseboard Management Controller systems, including OpenBMC and OpenBIC
- Ability to collaborate with hardware, validation, and application teams for end-to-end integration
- Experience with PCIe/CXL validation and debugging
What We Do
Kandou AI is a fabless semiconductor company developing high-speed connectivity for AI infrastructure. Its patented Copper MIMO, also known as Chord Signaling, sends correlated signals at data-processing speeds of 448 Gbps and beyond, providing an alternative to optical interconnects. The company’s technology targets AI data-movement bottlenecks and memory-wall constraints, while its platforms emphasize improved efficiency, lower power and cost, and scalability.
