Senior Platform Engineer

Ignite Next GmbH; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Ignite Next GmbH in Zürich seeks a senior embedded systems engineer to own ComputeRAM-like virtual platforms. You will build full-system simulations, integrate RTL, and develop firmware for hardware validation and stress testing.

Work with hardware and software teams to enable bring-up, debugging, and performance evaluation. Drive verification suites, CI/CD, and tool improvements for platform development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years in embedded systems with HW/SW exposure.
• Strong C/C++ and firmware bring-up experience required.
• Experience with simulators, FPGA prototyping, and system bring-up.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain full-system simulation platforms (ComputeRAM-like).
• Integrate RTL models into simulators and develop low-level firmware.
• Provide stable targets for bring-up, debugging, and performance evaluation.
• Develop drivers and reference firmware for validation and demos.
• Own verification infrastructure: firmware tests and CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify and resolve HW/SW integration issues; drive tool updates.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++ development

Firmware debugging

HW/SW integration

SystemVerilog/SystemC

FPGA prototyping

CI/CD

Tools

SystemVerilog

C

C++

SystemC

Python

FPGA Vivado

AMD/Xilinx platforms

Synopsys VCS

Renode

Git/GitHub CI/CD

Job description

Zürich, Switzerland
Seniority: 6+ years relevant industry experience

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
• Firmware-based verification covering key system behaviours
• 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.