Senior Platform Engineer

Synthara AG; Zürich; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Synthara AG is a semiconductor company pioneering ComputeRAM®. ComputeRAM transforms memory into a computational engine for AI, signal processing and data-heavy workloads.

Join Synthara's software team to own the virtual platforms for ComputeRAM® as reference systems for pre-silicon software prototyping and HW/SW co-verification. You sit between hardware and software to make both sides work together and expose issues early.

Qualifications

• Strong embedded systems background with C/C++, firmware, and drivers.
• Experience with simulators, FPGA prototyping, and system bring-up.
• Comfortable working across HW/SW boundaries.
• Debugs at system level, not component level.
• Bias for ownership and problem resolution.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain full-system simulation platforms (ComputeRAM, MCU cores, interconnect, DMA, peripherals) using SystemC, FPGA, VCS, Renode
• Integrate RTL models into simulators and develop low-level firmware for hardware validation
• Provide stable development targets and enable bring-up, debugging, and performance evaluation
• Develop low-level drivers and system bring-up code and reference firmware for validation and demos
• Own verification infrastructure: firmware-based test suites, cross-platform validation and CI/CD pipelines
• Proactively identify and resolve HW/SW integration issues
• Evaluate and introduce new tools and methodologies for platform development

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

Firmware

Drivers

System bring-up

HW/SW integration

System debugging

Ownership mindset

Tools

SystemVerilog

C

C++

SystemC

Python

Vivado

Renode

VCS

Synopsys Platform

Git

GitHub

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Job description

Seniority: 6+ years relevant industry experience

About Synthara

Synthara is a semiconductor company pioneering a new way to compute. Its technology, ComputeRAM®, transforms conventional memory into a computational engine by bringing processing inside memory and removing data bottlenecks that limit modern chips. The result is a leap in performance and efficiency for AI, signal processing, and data-heavy workloads. ComputeRAM® integrates effortlessly into any hardware and software architecture, from MCUs to advanced accelerators. Behind ComputeRAM®, a dynamic team of both young, talented, and expert senior engineers, looking for new members willing to turn innovation into real performance, shaping the future of efficient, intelligent computing.

About the role

Join Synthara's software team and own the virtual platforms for ComputeRAM®. These platforms serve as reference systems for pre-silicon software prototyping and HW/SW co-verification. They must be accurate, usable, and continuously validated. You sit between hardware and software. Your job is to make both sides work together and expose issues early.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain full-system simulation platforms: ComputeRAM® + MCU cores + interconnect + DMA + peripherals, using SystemC, FPGA, VCS, Renode
• Work with Hardware to: Integrate RTL models into simulators and develop low-level firmware for hardware validation and stress testing
• Work with Software to: Provide stable development targets and enable bring-up, debugging, and performance evaluation
• Develop: Low-level drivers and system bring-up code and reference firmware for validation and demos
• Own verification infrastructure: Firmware-based test suites, cross-platform validation and CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing
• Proactively identify and resolve HW/SW integration issues
• Evaluate and introduce new tools and methodologies for platform development

Tools & Technologies

• Programming and Modeling: SystemVerilog, C, C++, SystemC, Python
• FPGA prototyping: AMD/Xilinx platforms and Vivado
• RTL simulation: Synopsys VCS
• Virtual Platform & System simulation: Renode, Synopsys Platform
• Architect Development & Automation: Git, GitHub, CI/CD,GitHub Actions

Outcomes (first 12–18 months)

• Usable, well-documented virtual platforms for software development
• Consistent execution of the same firmware across VCS, FPGA, and Renode
• CI infrastructure that flags HW/SW integration issues early
• Reduced time-to-bring-up for new platform configurations
• Reliable reference environment for internal teams and customers

Profile

• Strong embedded systems background (C/C++, firmware, drivers)
• Experience with simulators, FPGA prototyping, and system bring-up
• Comfortable working across HW/SW boundaries
• Debugs at system level, not just component level
• Bias for ownership and problem resolution

What success looks like

Any change in hardware or software can be validated quickly on a full-system platform, and issues are caught already at simulation stage.