Senior Software Dev Engineer, EC2 Hyperplane

amazon web services canada; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Analog Devices Canada Ltd. seeks a Senior Principal Embedded System Architect to lead HW/SW co‑design and system architecture with a strong software voice. You will drive pre‑silicon exploration using SystemC virtual platforms and shape bootloaders, drivers, and kernel interactions.

You will partner with hardware teams to optimize data paths, review architectures, and mentor engineers while ensuring robust debuggability through bring‑up and field deployment.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in EE, CE or CS with 20+ years of system software architecture or firmware development experience.
• Expertise influencing hardware design early in silicon lifecycle.
• Knowledge of memory hierarchies, AMBA protocols, DMA, and RISC‑V/ARM architectures.
• Hands‑on SystemC (TLM 2.0) for pre‑silicon exploration.
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded software, bootloaders and drivers in RTOS and Embedded Linux.
• Experience with silicon bring‑up and JTAG debugging; ability to read RTL.

Responsibilities

• Lead SoC co‑architecture balancing hardware complexity and software efficiency.
• Build SystemC virtual platforms to profile and validate design choices pre RTL.
• Translate use cases into requirements for hardware accelerators and software.
• Define core firmware strategy for bootloaders, init sequences, microcode and drivers.
• Advocate hardware debuggability and observability from silicon bring‑up to field use.
• Mentor teams across hardware/software boundary and serve as tech proxy for customers.

Skills

Computer Architecture

Memory hierarchies

AMBA AXI/AHB/APB

RISC-V/ARM

C/C++ embedded

Zephyr RTOS

Embedded Linux

SystemC (TLM 2.0)

Bootloaders

JTAG debugging

Communication

CI/CD

Docker

Power management

DVFS

FPGA prototyping

Hardware emulation

Board schematics review

Education

BS in EE/CE/CS

MS in EE/CE/CS

Tools

SystemC (TLM 2.0)

Job description

Senior Principal Embedded System Architect (HW/SW Co-Design)

About the Role

The Software and Digital Platform Group is looking for a Senior Principal Embedded System Architect to serve as a premier technical lead within our HW/SW Co-Design and System Architecture team, with a bias towards the software side of system architecture. This is not a role about drawing abstract boxes on slides. It’s about enabling effective downstream chip development through earlier virtual-platforms, data-backed architectural exploration, and hands‑on data flow analysis at the system level. Your primary responsibility is ensuring a strong software voice is present during the critical design and architecture phases. You’ll ensure we are making the right architectural decisions and tradeoffs early in the SoC and IP design cycle well before silicon exists.

Responsibilities

• HW/SW Co-Design & Tradeoff Analysis: Lead SoC co‑architecture alongside digital/analog teams to balance hardware complexity, software efficiency, and customer usability at product definition.
• Pre‑Silicon Architecture Exploration: Build SystemC­-based virtual platforms and develop proof‑of‑concept code to profile, model, and validate design choices before RTL is written.
• System & IP Evaluation: Translate complex use cases into requirements, assessing data paths and co‑defining hardware accelerators to optimize software execution.
• Core Firmware Strategy: Define and develop core architecture for bootloaders, initialization sequences, microcode, and kernel drivers.
• Debug & Usability Advocacy: Champion best‑in‑class hardware debuggability/observability from early silicon bring‑up through field deployment.
• Customer & Team Leadership: Act as the premier technical proxy for customer software teams, while providing high‑level mentorship across the hardware/software boundary.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: BS/MS in EE, CE, or CS with 20+ years of system software architecture or firmware development experience.
• Boundary Expertise: Proven track record of operating at the highest technical levels to influence hardware design early in the silicon lifecycle.
• Computer Architecture: Deep knowledge of memory hierarchies, AMBA bus protocols (AXI/AHB/APB), DMA, and RISC‑V/ARM architectures.
• Pre‑Silicon Tools: Hands‑on experience with SystemC (TLM 2.0) for early architecture exploration.
• Software Mastery: Expert in C/C++ writing embedded software, bootloaders, and drivers within RTOS (Zephyr) and Embedded Linux environments.
• Bring‑up & Debug: Experienced in silicon bring‑up and JTAG debugging, with the ability to read RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog) to evaluate hardware intent.
• Communication: Exceptional skills in presenting complex architectural tradeoffs to hardware engineers, executives, and customer teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hardware emulation (e.g., Palladium), FPGA prototyping, and pre‑silicon workflows.
• Experience defining debug/trace infrastructure (CoreSight, JTAG) and performance modeling.
• Knowledge of signal processing, mixed‑signal architectures, power management, and DVFS.
• Ability to review board schematics and use standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
• Familiarity with modern DevOps for virtual platforms (CI/CD, Docker) and network protocols.

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA): Analog Devices Canada Ltd. has a process in place and provides accommodations for employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, please contact Connections HR Services at 781-937-2500 or at .

Job Req Type: ExperiencedRequired Travel: Yes, 10% of the time