Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer – Cellular DSP & Protocols

Energy Jobline ZR; Bedford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer in Cambridge to lead the embedded firmware stack from investigation to release, operating with high autonomy on cutting-edge communication tech.

Responsibilities include designing C firmware for TI DSPs and ARM aarch64 Linux, implementing MAC/RLC stacks for GERAN/UTRAN/E-UTRAN/NR, and collaborating with FPGA teams on Xilinx SoC paths and DMA transfers.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in C for resource-constrained targets; memory layouts, linker scripts and drivers (SPI, I2C, DMA).
• Strong command of DSP fundamentals and 3GPP standards.
• Several years of commercial experience in cellular or RF firmware.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain C firmware for TI DSPs and ARM aarch64 Linux platforms.
• Implement and optimize MAC/RLC protocol stacks for GERAN, UTRAN, E-UTRAN, and NR.
• Collaborate with FPGA teams to manage Xilinx SoC data paths and DMA transfers.

Skills

C programming

DSP fundamentals

3GPP standards

Embedded firmware

ARM aarch64

MAC/RLC protocols

Tools

TI DSPs

Xilinx SoC

PCI-based host-to-DSP

srsRAN

Job description

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer in Cambridge to lead the embedded firmware stack from investigation to release, operating with high autonomy on cutting-edge communication tech.

Responsibilities include designing C firmware for TI DSPs and ARM aarch64 Linux, implementing MAC/RLC stacks for GERAN/UTRAN/E-UTRAN/NR, and collaborating with FPGA teams on Xilinx SoC paths and DMA transfers.