Lead Firmware Engineer - Timing & SoC Systems

FHLB Des Moines; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 107,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restricted stock units

Quarterly bonus payments

Health benefits from day one

Retirement savings plans

IESPP program with a 6-month look back

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Principal Enginer – Firmware to join the Ottawa-based Timing Firmware team.

You will collaborate with Marketing, Systems Architecture, Hardware, and Validation to develop innovative, state‑of‑the‑art SoC‑based timing solutions and related tools. The role requires an MSc/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field, 6+ years in DSP/embedded software, strong C/C++, unit testing, Python and TCL, RTOS knowledge, and excellent cross‑functional communication.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in DSP algorithm development, embedded software development, or a mix of both.
• Extensive experience and deep expertise in C/C++ programming.
• Experience developing unit tests for code quality validation.
• Hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Python and TCL.
• Knowledge of embedded general-purpose processors and/or embedded DSP architectures and programming.
• Knowledge of RTOS and hardware/software interactions.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills with laboratory equipment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Marketing to define firmware requirements and feasibility.
• Design collaboration with hardware designers and test engineers; write design specs.
• Implement algorithms, functions, and hardware drivers per design specifications.
• Write integration test plans and develop automated regression test scripts.
• Perform root-cause analysis and drive issue resolution.
• Develop tools to support firmware development, debugging, and testing.
• Assist with system-level integration and debugging.
• Document designs, code, and development processes.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Unit testing

Python

Tcl

RTOS

Education

MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering/related field

Tools

Jira

Git

Confluence

Job description

Microchip Technology Inc. is seeking a Principal Enginer – Firmware to join the Ottawa-based Timing Firmware team.

You will collaborate with Marketing, Systems Architecture, Hardware, and Validation to develop innovative, state‑of‑the‑art SoC‑based timing solutions and related tools. The role requires an MSc/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field, 6+ years in DSP/embedded software, strong C/C++, unit testing, Python and TCL, RTOS knowledge, and excellent cross‑functional communication.