Automotive ADAS DSP Firmware Engineer for SoC

indie.inc; Córdoba; On-site; ARS 136,254,000 - 181,672,000; Full time

Job summary

indie Semiconductor in Córdoba, Argentina, is seeking a driven firmware engineer to design and optimize ADAS-oriented software for SoC platforms. You’ll work on top-level test benches, assist pre-silicon verification, and collaborate with hardware and software teams to bring up new architectures.

Fluency in Spanish and English, plus hands-on ARM/XTensa experience, are valued. You’ll join a small, creative team that embraces AI-assisted development tools and rapid iteration to solve automotive

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electronic/Computer Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
• 1+ years of embedded firmware experience (or equivalent depth), including bring-up and debugging on real hardware or FPGA
• Deep understanding of computer architecture principles: pipelining, memory hierarchy (caches/MMU), interrupts/exceptions, and ISA-level behavior
• Strong Embedded C and working Assembly for ISRs, exception handlers, and bare-metal driver development
• Solid command of build toolchains and object-file formats (ELF), including linker scripts for memory placement and system initialization
• Familiarity with HW/SW partitioning and mapping of neural-network models onto heterogeneous architectures (CPU/DSP/NPU)
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, or equivalent LLMs) in day-to-day engineering work
• Excellent communication in Spanish and English (written and verbal), with a collaborative mindset for cross-site, team-based development

Responsibilities

• Design top-level simulation and FPGA tests from the test plan to ensure correct system-level integration before tape-out
• Collaborate with digital design engineers to integrate software with SoC-specific accelerators, so firmware is ready for silicon bring-up on day 1
• Profile and map neural-network models onto hardware accelerators when required, translating high-level framework metrics into efficient machine code and data flow
• Design, develop, and optimize DSP embedded software for ADAS systems, including DSP techniques, data-path design, and cycle/memory profiling
• Support customer-facing activities such as firmware customization and root-cause analysis, together with application engineering
• Use AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude, and other LLMs) to accelerate implementation, test generation, documentation, and debugging
• Contribute to Git-based workflows and CI (build, regression, and bring-up tests)

Skills

Embedded firmware

C programming

Assembly

English & Spanish communication

AI-assisted development tools

Hardware bring-up

Education

B.S. in Electronic/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

ELF build toolchains

Linker scripts

Git/CI workflows

Cadence Tensilica Xtensa

ARM Cortex family

RISC-V

Job description

indie Semiconductor in Córdoba, Argentina, is seeking a driven firmware engineer to design and optimize ADAS-oriented software for SoC platforms. You’ll work on top-level test benches, assist pre-silicon verification, and collaborate with hardware and software teams to bring up new architectures.

Fluency in Spanish and English, plus hands-on ARM/XTensa experience, are valued. You’ll join a small, creative team that embraces AI-assisted development tools and rapid iteration to solve automotive