Senior Lead Embedded Software Engineer Zephyr RTOS

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Join the RISC-V Revolution!

We are looking for a senior hands-on engineer to lead Zephyr RTOS architecture and platform enablement for MIPS RISC-V based MCU and embedded compute products. This role combines deep low-level development with technical ownership upstream engagement mentoring and cross-functional delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Zephyr enablement architecture and technical roadmap across MIPS RISC-V processors SoCs FPGA platforms and virtual development platforms.

• Lead porting and platform bring-up covering boot flow exception and interrupt handling timers SMP where applicable memory architecture devicetree Kconfig and build integration.

• Define scalable BSP SoC board and driver architecture aligned with Zephyr conventions and upstream-quality expectations.

• Design and review device drivers middleware integration samples tests and production-quality SDK deliverables.

• Lead complex debugging across kernel toolchain architecture hardware and driver boundaries using emulation FPGA and silicon.

• Establish automated build and regression strategy using Zephyr testing infrastructure and CI/CD systems.

• Drive upstream contributions technical discussions reviews and maintenance strategy within the Zephyr ecosystem.

• Work closely with CPU architecture SoC FPGA tools validation safety and customer teams; convert product requirements into executable software plans.

• Mentor engineers raise engineering quality and provide technical direction without losing hands-on ownership.

Ideally Youll Have

• 8 years of embedded software development experience with substantial hands-on work in C and low-level platform software.

• Deep Zephyr RTOS expertise across kernel configuration architecture or SoC ports devicetree Kconfig west/CMake board support drivers and test infrastructure.

• Strong understanding of RTOS internals concurrency interrupt architecture memory management boot flows multicore systems and real-time performance.

• Proven experience leading complex BSP SDK RTOS or silicon-enablement programs from architecture through release.

• Experience with bare-metal firmware first-board or first-silicon bring-up device drivers and hardware/software debugging.

• Strong debugging capability using GDB OpenOCD Segger J-Link Lauterbach trace tools and hardware logs.

• Experience with CI/CD test automation Python or shell scripting code review release quality and software configuration management.

• Ability to communicate architecture and execution trade-offs clearly to hardware software program and customer stakeholders.

Strong Differentiators

• Zephyr maintainer-level expertise or meaningful upstream contribution history.

• RISC-V architecture expertise including privilege modes interrupts timers SMP cache or memory-ordering considerations and toolchain integration.

• Experience with networking Ethernet TCP/IP security MCUboot secure firmware update or device management.

• Experience enabling RTOS software on pre-silicon models FPGA and production silicon.

• Exposure to functional safety or secure software development for automotive industrial or infrastructure applications.

What Youll Get

• A charter to shape Zephyr strategy and execution for a new RISC-V platform.

• Direct access to CPU architects platform software FPGA validation and toolchain teams.

• Visible technical ownership spanning architecture upstream ecosystem customer enablement and release quality.

• A path to grow as a principal technical contributor or broader technical leader.

MIPS by GF is a microprocessor pioneer with deep roots in RISC-based computing. Today MIPS is building RISC-V processor solutions for high-performance and embedded applications combining CPU architecture expertise with platform software tools and ecosystem enablement.

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