ASIC Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist

Meta; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta in Bengaluru seeks an experienced ASIC Firmware Engineer to architect, design, and test embedded firmware for data center ASIC platforms. You will contribute to BootROM and device drivers, delivering RTOS-based firmware and collaborating across teams.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in embedded systems, strong C skills, and bootloader experience, with exposure to SoC bring-up and hardware interfaces such as PCIe, UART, I2C, and SPI.

Qualifications

• BS degree or equivalent in CS/EE.
• 6+ years of embedded system development.
• Experience in BootROM, bootloaders and secure boot development.
• Platform firmware development for complex SoCs.
• Exposure to clock-level issues, interrupts, and polling.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop secure bootloader for next-gen data center chips.
• Lead embedded software activities and provide technical leadership.
• Debug firmware for a wide variety of custom SoCs for data center solutions.
• Elevate complex development, performance and evaluation issues across teams.
• Support hardware development through architecture requirements and firmware implementation.
• Define and execute long-term roadmaps with silicon architects and OS teams.

Skills

C programming

Embedded firmware

RTOS (Zephyr)

SoC bring-up

Python scripting

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

PCIe

UART

I2C

SPI

Job description

As an ASIC Engineer, Firmware, you will architect, design, build and test embedded firmware systems for future ASIC platforms. In this role, you will participate in the definition of architecture and implementation of designs in both prototype and final products as well as demonstrate good development practices and seamless collaboration. Our team delivers complete BootROM to low-level device drivers and RTOS-based platform firmware.

ASIC Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist Responsibilities:

• Design and develop secure bootloader for next-gen data center chips Lead the design and development of embedded software engineering activities and provide technical leadership and guidance to team members Analyze, design, develop, and debug firmware for a wide variety of custom SoCs for data center solutions
• Be a go-to person to elevate the most complex development, performance and evaluation issues that require in-depth knowledge of product-focused firmware development
• Support all phases of hardware development – including early architecture requirements definition for custom silicon, firmware architecture, implementation, simulation, FPGA debug, chip bring up and support systems and software teams on algorithm development on validated systems
• Play a critical role in the definition and execution of long-term roadmaps in partnership with silicon architects, hardware designers, OS team, and algorithm and model development teams
• Understand and implement power-management, boot loaders, scheduling, inter-processor communication, firmware/system interfaces on RTOS and/or bare-metal environments

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience in embedded system development, including programming in C for development, debugging, testing and performance analysis
• Experience in BootROM, bootloaders and secure boot development
• Experience in platform firmware development for complex SoC's
• Experience working with embedded hardware platforms and exposure to concepts such as clock-level issues, interrupts, and polling

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Python or any other scripting language for tooling, test automation is a plus
• Demonstrated expertise in developing with RTOS (preferably Zephyr) and embedded Linux
• Experience leading complex features or projects across multiple teams
• Demonstrated expertise in one or several of the following areas - SoC block understanding, board bring-up
• Experience in peripheral drivers like PCIe, UART, I2C, SPI is a plus
• Experience delivering end-to-end product solutions
• Experience with lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, logic/protocol analyzers for debugging embedded systems at hardware level

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.