Senior Staff Embedded AI Firmware Architect (C/C++)

European Tech Recruit; Cork; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer to lead the development of firmware and platform software for AI accelerator systems within data centre and cloud-scale environments.

The role covers SoC bring-up, platform architecture, performance optimization, reliability engineering, and deployment at hyperscale. You will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD and validation strategies, and collaborate with hardware and manufacturing partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• 12+ years of firmware or low-level system software development experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Expert-level proficiency in C/C++, with strong scripting skills (Python, Bash).
• Deep experience in SoC bring-up, hardware/software integration, and system-level debugging.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, memory hierarchy, interrupts, DMA, coherency, and interconnects.
• Proven ability to lead complex debugging efforts using JTAG, trace, logs, and instrumentation.
• Extensive experience in Linux-based environments and RTOS such as Zephyr.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and development of firmware and low-level system software across SoC, board, and platform levels.
• Own end-to-end firmware strategy across boot, reset, debug, security, power, RAS, IPC, and platform services.
• Drive SoC and platform bring-up at scale, including system integration and validation across multiple product generations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers; set coding, design, and quality standards.
• Define and influence firmware architecture for scalability, reliability, and performance in large-scale cloud deployments.
• Lead cross-functional design reviews, system debugging, and root-cause analysis for complex platform issues.
• Establish best-in-class debuggability, observability, and CI/CD practices, including automation and pre-silicon/post-silicon validation strategies.
• Drive customer and production issue resolution, including deep field debugging and long-term corrective actions.
• Collaborate with ODMs, silicon vendors, and manufacturing partners to ensure successful platform deployment and ramp.
• Influence roadmap and long-term technical direction for firmware and platform software in AI accelerator systems.
• Drive continuous improvement across firmware teams, identifying systemic process-level improvements and scaling best practices.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Bash

Linux

Zephyr RTOS

SoC bring-up

System debugging

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in computer engineering/electrical engineering/computer science or related field

Tools

JTAG

Trace tooling

Instrumentation

Job description

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer to lead the development of firmware and platform software for AI accelerator systems within data centre and cloud-scale environments.

The role covers SoC bring-up, platform architecture, performance optimization, reliability engineering, and deployment at hyperscale. You will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD and validation strategies, and collaborate with hardware and manufacturing partners.