Senior Firmware & OS Engineer

OPENCHIP & SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Opportunities for career development

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

OPENCHIP & SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES in Barcelona is looking for a skilled software developer to create low-level software for novel hardware features. You will work on BIOS, firmware, and device drivers, enabling hardware accelerators and enhancing user experiences.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's or Master's degree, 3-5 years of experience, and solid knowledge of low-level development languages including C and Rust. The company offers a hybrid work environment and opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in low-level software development.
• Solid knowledge of computer architecture.
• Experience with bare-metal development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain low-level software for novel hardware architectures.
• Collaborate with other teams developing middleware.
• Provide monitoring, instrumentation, and telemetry.

Skills

C

Rust

Linux

Assembly language

Git

Jira

Education

Bachelor or Master’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Qemu

Gem5

Spike

KVM

Xen

Job description

Position Overview

Develop low- (BIOS, firmware, device drivers) and mid-level software (emulation, simulation, and virtualization) to enable the use of OpenChip’s novel hardware features and accelerators, bringing visible improvements to end users.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain low-level software (BIOS and firmware) for novel hardware architectures.
• Develop and maintain device drivers for operating systems (mainly Linux) to expose novel hardware features (e.g., telemetry) and acceleration, as well as to support their emulation and virtualization.
• Provide monitoring, instrumentation, and telemetry to export system status and health metrics.
• Provide workload control and configuration, and API entry points to allow remote operation.
• Configure and extend emulation, simulation, and virtualization software.

Interaction with ICs and Other Projects

• Work with hardware teams, influencing hardware/software co-design.
• Work with teams developing middleware, and/or contribute to middleware.
• Collaborate with colleagues through code reviews, bug triaging, design documents.
• Contribute to shared team responsibilities (CI failure triaging, documentation, code fixes, rotations).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in the relevant field (3‑5 yr).
• Solid knowledge about computer architecture (CPU, cache and memory hierarchy, buses).
• Good understanding of pre‑boot and boot process, and Linux kernel internals.
• Knowledge about compilation and linking process (toolchains, object file formats, binutils, dynamic loading).
• Solid knowledge of low-level development languages (C, Rust).
• Experience with assembly language (of any architecture).
• Experience with bare‑metal (without OS) development (e.g., embedded systems, microcontrollers).
• Experience with standard tools for source control (git), continuous integration, task management (Jira).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with RISC‑V development at the assembly‑language level.
• Experience with kernel and/or device driver development.
• Experience with emulators and simulators (Qemu, Gem5, Spike).
• Experience with hypervisor technology (KVM, Xen).
• Experience with open‑source software development.
• Experience with system boot technology (UEFI/EDK2, ACPI, u‑boot, devicetree).

Soft Skills

• Team player: communicative and collaborative person who focuses on the outcome of the team above the individual needs.
• Curious about learning new technologies/stacks.
• Capable of within‑and cross‑team collaboration at the technical level.
• Can‑do attitude, proactive and willing to solve any obstacle by themselves. Self‑aware, self‑starter, and self‑motivated.

What do we offer?

• Join an innovative team and experience company growth.
• We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers.
• Enjoy a hybrid work environment.
• We also offer flexible schedule.
• We offer a remuneration that values your experience.
• The position will have the base in Barcelona.

We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world.

If you feel identified with Openchip, please contact us. We can offer a competitive compensation package in a flexible work schema that will help you to keep a balance between your personal and professional life.

Openchip & Software Technologies S.L., we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential – regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.