2)Staff Engineer – Embedded Firmware – CXL/PCIe/Memory controller - Pune & Hyderabad

Kandou AI; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kandou AI is seeking an experienced firmware engineer to develop modules and services for its Memory fabrics products in Pune. You will implement and support the major differentiating firmware features on server, storage and networking SoCs.

The role requires 8–15 years of embedded firmware experience, strong C/C++ skills, and hands‑on work with RTOS/Zephyr. Collaboration across cross‑functional teams and sites is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong academic and technical background in Electronics & Computer engineering; Bachelor’s required, Master’s preferred.
• Experience developing firmware (Bare metal/RTOS) for on‑chip microcontrollers/processors.
• 8–15 years’ experience developing firmware for Server, Storage, and/or Networking SoC products.
• Hands‑on experience designing embedded firmware for PCIe/CXL/NVMe protocols with C/C++.
• Experience with RTOS/Zephyr OS firmware development and enablement.
• Familiar with SoC interfaces to PCIe/NVMe/DDR/IP blocks and on‑chip memory interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop firmware modules and services for Kandou’s Memory fabrics products.
• Implement and support major differentiating features in firmware.
• Collaborate with architects, QA/validation, product management and customer teams.

Skills

Firmware development

Embedded systems

C/C++ programming

PCIe/CXL/NVMe protocols

RTOS/Zephyr

Cross‑functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in EE or Computer Science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

QEMU/Renode

Job description

The responsibility of this role is to develop firmware modules and services for Kandou’s Memory fabrics products

Firmware is responsible for implementing and supporting the major differentiating features of Kandou’ products.

Basic qualification

• Strong academic and technical background in Electronics & Computer engineering. At a minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE or Computer Science is required, and a Master’s is preferred.

• Experience developing firmware (Bare metal/RTOS) to execute in on-chip microcontrollers/processors

• Minimum 8-15 years’ experience developing firmware for Server, Storage, and/or Networking SoC products

Required experience

• Hands‑on experience designing and developing embedded firmware for PCIe/CXL/NVME protocols with proficiency in C (preferred) or C++, including development of C‑based SDKs.

• Experience with RTOS/Zephyr OS firmware development and enablement

• Familiar with SoC interfaces to common IP blocks such as PCIe Controllers, NVME Controllers, DDR controllers, AMBA/AHB interfaces, on-chip memory interfaces, and other similar interfaces

• Work with various cross‑functional groups such as architect, other development teams, QA/validation, product management and customer teams across various sites

Preferred experience

• Experience with DDR controller, storage or SSD firmware, including NVMe, PCIe, CXL or flash management concepts.

• Hands‑on experience with simulation or virtual platform–based development (e.g., Renode, QEMU, or similar)