Staff Engineer I – Software

Why Alphawave SEMI

We are looking for an experienced Staff Level Firmware Engineer to join our dynamic Central R&D Software team and lead the firmware development of our UCIe Chiplets portfolio. This critical role includes everything from pre-silicon to post-silicon stages and entails implementing and utilizing software/firmware/embedded industry best practices. You will have experience driving firmware definition, architecture, and development starting from the RTL/Digital design phase with EDA tool/simulator integration all the way to the post silicon phase with board level bring up and debug. It is a collaborative role where you will need to work with Hardware/Systems/Software teams to lead requirements and successful chip bring up. You will also be working with firmware and embedded software engineers to drive code re-use throughout the organization, program managers to identify and work toward deadlines and timelines, and other cross functional teams as needed from the hardware, systems, or software side. You will help build next-generation chip let IP and semiconductors that meet our organization’s and quality standards.

What You’ll Do:

• Gather requirements, studying high level designs and turning them into smaller building blocks to bring the hardware up and integrate the blocks into a bigger system
• Work with different teams to come up with the detailed bring up and validation requirements, collaborating with hardware and systems engineers to meet performance goals
• Communicate requirements and coordinate execution with multiple teams
• Translating bring up and validation requirements into efficient firmware code, PCB requirements, software organization as applicable
• Oversee the entire firmware lifecycle for UCIe Chiplets, from pre-silicon design to post-silicon validation and optimization
• Develop for test and debug to help guide hardware design decisions for future product iterations
• Work with hardware design engineers to contribute to chip architecture, requirements, and functionalities.
• Implement and utilize best practices in the software industry to ensure quality firmware designs.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in the semiconductor industry and incorporate relevant innovations into our processes.
• Develop and document firmware and hardware design specifications and decisions.
• Mentor junior engineers, promote team building, and strive for continuous improvement in processes and techniques.
• Debug and cause, document and lead issues (i.e. low-level SW, HW, etc.) to closure
• Drive different teams and partners to address challenges seen during integration and bring-up, ensure chips are brought up, validated, tested, and meets product and our requirements.
• Demonstrate full ownership of assigned systems/components. Handle timelines and resolve project challenges to meet program timing
• Work with external vendors or customers to ensure requirements are met and releases are of high quality
• Develop test cases which enhance reliability and release quality to all stakeholders and ensuring they are continuously tested in regression.

What You’ll Need:

• BS or MS in Computer Science/Electrical or Electronics engineering or a related field.
• Proficient in C/C++, Python
• Reporting to the Sr Manager, Software Engineering, you with 6+ years of experience with embedded systems like ARM, RISCV, MIPS, etc and programming skills. Experience with low-level programming on bare metal, BIOS/UEFI firmware, linux kernel, RTOS, device driver, ROS, etc.
• Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools and methodologies
• Familiarity with hardware description languages (HDLs) such as Verilog and System Verilog
• Experience with SerDes, Ethernet and PCIe products and communication systems
• Hands-on experience in the lab with CPU, SoC, FPGA, MCU, and DSP component validation and developing tests and debug tools
• Knowledge of peripherals/protocols such as 1G/10G Ethernet, DDR, I2C, SPI/QSPI, MIPI/CSI, GMSL, A2B, I2S, TDM, LVDS, PCIe, USB, NVME, CAN.
• Bring up and diagnostics experience with high speed signals.
• Experience creating Error monitoring and Board/Interface configuration APIs
• Fluent with a variety of bring-up tools, like oscilloscope, JTAG debugger, I2C/SPI tools.
• Experience with embedded linux development, Buildroot and Yocto, RTOSes like Zephyr and FreeRTOS
• Hardware hands-on and debugging experience, such as Power, SI, EMC validation and tuning.
• Experience with Jira, Agile/Scrum, Confluence
• Open-source projects

“Hybrid work environment”

As part of our commitment to the well–being and satisfaction of our employees, we have being and satisfaction of our employees, we have designed a comprehensive benefits package that includes: designed a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Great compensation package
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Hybrid Working Model
• Provisions to pursue advanced education from Premium Institute, eLearning content providers.
• Medical Insurance and a cohort of Wellness Benefits
• Educational Assistance
• Advance Loan Assistance
• Office lunch & Snacks Facility