FirmwareEmbedded SW Engineer

Austin, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara California that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories graphics processors motherboard chip sets and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.

Job Title: Firmware/Embedded SW Engineer

Work Location: Austin TX 78728

Duration: 12 Months

Work Type: Temporary Assignment

Job Type: Hybrid

Job Description:

The Role:

At the client we push the boundaries of what is possible.
We believe in changing the world for the better by driving innovation in high-performance computing and integrated graphic technologies.
We have an awesome opportunity for an experienced Firmware Engineer with Embedded Software background to focus on various firmware development performance optimization new ASIC bringup and debug.
You will be responsible for the full complement of the clients GPU APU and CPU designs developing features and driving continuous improvement in all areas.

The Person:

We are looking for an individual that thrives in cross team collaboration and is excited about new technologies.
The engineer will be driving the planning execution and debugging of internal firmware for the next generation and state of the art GPUs APUs and CPUs.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop firmware that collaborates with other HW/SW components to deliver new capabilities and optimized performance for GPUs APUs and CPUs.
Debug troubleshoot FW issues as well as system-level failures related to various FW components and features.
Develop and customize firmware features for future platforms
Debug issues found during pre-silicon post-silicon and/or production phases of SOC programs.
Interact closely with other teams in design diagnostics emulation firmware and driver to ensure enablement of IP functionality debug of critical features and full validation for production.
Support resolving issues on customer platforms as requested by customer support teams.

Minimum Requirements:

Expertized in developing and debugging embedded software / firmware using C / C programming language.
Proficient with Linux development debugging (gdb strace) and kernel logs (dmesg journalctl).
Experienced in writing systemd services DBus interfaces and Python or shell scripts.
Hands-on experience with OpenBMC Yocto Project and BitBake.
Good understanding of device tree Linux kernel configuration and system demons (phosphor-* services).
Strong analytical skills and pronounced attention to details.
Familiar with Git Gerrit/GitHub CI pipelines.

Top 3-5 Must Have Skill:

Experienced in writing systemd services DBus interfaces and Python or shell scripts.
Hands-on experience with OpenBMC Yocto Project and BitBake.
Good understanding of device tree Linux kernel configuration and system demons (phosphor-* services).

Preferred Requirements:

Experience and knowledge with the following protocols and standards:
MCTP (Management Component Transport Protocol)
PLDM (Platform Level Data Model)
SPDM (Security Protocol and Data Model)
FRU and Sensor Management
Experience in BMC bring-up and integrating BMC on Aspeed or Nuvoton SoCs (e.g. AST2600).
Experience with board/platform-level debug analysis and optimization.
Understanding digital processing and electronics is an asset.
In-depth knowledge of CPU / APU architecture is an asset.
Good understanding of computer architecture.
Laboratory experience including familiarity with oscilloscopes logic analyzers etc.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara California that develops computer processors...