Description
This role is responsible for driving design, development, and debugging of embedded software/firmware for hardware, ensuring efficient and reliable operation.
The role collaborates with hardware engineers to integrate software and firmware with hardware components, ensuring seamless communication and functionality.
The role works closely with software developers, hardware engineers, quality assurance, and product managers to deliver high-quality products.
Additionally, the role is involved in end-to-end firmware feature development across multiple system layers, requiring strong system-level thinking and cross-domain integration expertise.
The role is expected to leverage modern development tools, AI-assisted coding, and automation practices to improve engineering productivity, quality, and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Designs enhancements, updates, and programming changes for portions and subsystems of firmware, including DSP, embedded code, EFI drivers, EFI applications, and BIOS/UEFI.
- Analyzes design and determines coding, programming, and integration activities required based on general objectives and knowledge of overall architecture of product or solution.
- Writes and executes complete testing plans, protocols, and documentation for assigned portion of application; creates solutions for issues with code and integrates into application architecture.
- Owns end-to-end feature development from requirements definition, design, implementation, integration, to validation across firmware layers.
- Performs deep system-level debugging across hardware, firmware, and software interfaces, utilizing logs, tracing, and diagnostic tools to resolve complex issues.
- Allocates resources to complete programming projects, and designing detailed plans to ensure firmware is functioning properly.
- Owns the preparation and creation of instructional technical manuscripts for firmware operation.
- Leads a project team of other software firmware engineers and internal and outsourced development partners to develop reliable, cost-effective, and high-quality solutions for assigned systems portion or subsystem.
- Collaborates and communicates with management, internal, and outsourced development partners regarding firmware design status, project progress, and issue resolution.
- Represents the software firmware engineering team for all phases of larger and more-complex development projects, from microarchitecture design through firmware architecture and development.
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams including architects, hardware engineers, software developers, and product managers to ensure that firmware requirements and specifications are clearly defined.
- Drives system architecture alignment across modules to ensure scalability, reusability, and maintainability across multiple programs.
- Applies modern development practices to improve development efficiency and quality.
- Stays up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in firmware technologies, and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Mentors junior engineers and drives technical excellence, coding best practices, and knowledge sharing within the team.
Education & Experience Recommended
- Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
- Typically has 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in firmware development, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.
Preferred Certifications
- NA (Optional: Embedded systems, Linux, or AI/ML certifications are advantageous)
Knowledge & Skills
- Agile Methodology
- C / C++ (Strong proficiency in embedded environments)
- Python (for automation, scripting, and test frameworks)
- Embedded Systems / Firmware Development
- Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
- Linux / Embedded Linux
- Device Drivers and Hardware Abstraction Layers
- System Integration and Debugging