Firmware Software Engineer – PrePost-Silicon Validation

Sunnyvale, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: Firmware Software Engineer - Pre/Post-Silicon Validation.

Location: Sunnyvale CA (Onsite).

Duration: Long Term Contract.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop Compile Run & Debug C/C Bare-metal/Firmware/Software tests/apps (targeting ARM CPUs/DSP) in Pre-Silicon (Virtual Emulation and fpga platforms) & Post-Silicon (Bringup boards non-form-factor) setups.
Perform unit testing end2end testing of SW/HW features in pre/post silicon setups.
Run tests for performance power characterization in pre/post silicon setups.
Understand HW register specs Memory maps and develop/debug firmware.
Work closely with members of the System Validation Software Firmware Hardware teams to complete the execution of pre-silicon/post-silicon test plan.
Creating automation scripts setting up regression.

Minimum Qualifications:

5 years Experience in developing C/C based embedded software firmware.
Experience in developing code bring-up & debugging in setups (SWHW) having multi-layered Firmware/Software stacks interrupts doorbells IPCs.
Experience in developing (build run) bare-metal tests on ARM based CPUs.
Experience in using SW toolkits code integration automation using python.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience running tests on FPGA and/or Emulation platforms for SoC level or IP level.
Experience in post-silicon bring-up and flows for SoC like IP.
Experience with lab system debug with logic analyzers scopes meters etc.
Experience in power tests and evaluation on prototyping platforms.
Android development experience.
DV experience of developing tests at complex Subsystem or SOC level test-benches creating C/C tests that run on ARM/DSP cores.

Must-Have Skills:

Experience in developing code bring-up & debugging in setups (SWHW) having multi-layered Firmware/Software stacks interrupts doorbells IPCs.
Experience in developing (build run) bare-metal tests on ARM based CPUs.
Experience in using SW toolkits code integration automation using python.
5 years Experience in developing C/C based embedded software firmware.

Not a Good Fit:

Candidates who are purely focused on software development and lack firmware experience in C/C.

Role: Firmware Software Engineer - Pre/Post-Silicon Validation. Location: Sunnyvale CA (Onsite). Duration: Long Term Contract. Job Responsibilities: Develop Compile Run & Debug C/C Bare-metal/Firmware/Software tests/apps (targeting ARM CPUs/DSP) in Pre-Silicon (Virtual Emulation and fpga platforms...