Firmware Director

Mulya Technologies; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 6,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EnCharge AI is seeking a Director of Firmware and Embedded Software to lead the development of low-level software powering our AI accelerator platform. You will bridge silicon and software, directing firmware architecture, bring-up, drivers, and optimization for high-performance compute.

You will build and mentor a high-performing team, establish robust CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with hardware, compiler, and ML runtime teams to maximize throughput and power efficiency across customer

Qualifications

• 15+ years in firmware/embedded software development
• At least 5 years in technical leadership roles
• Experience shipping firmware for GPUs/AI accelerators/SoCs

Responsibilities

• Define firmware/embedded software strategy for AI accelerator stack
• Architect system software interfacing with hardware blocks and DMA
• Lead firmware, bootloaders, drivers, and runtime control software
• Oversee silicon bring-up, diagnostics, and debugging
• Build and mentor a high-performing firmware team
• Establish CI/CD pipelines and hardware-in-loop test infrastructure
• Coordinate software-hardware co-optimization across teams
• Collaborate with silicon architects to maximize throughput and power efficiency
• Support bring-up and deployment in customer environments
• Represent firmware in reviews and roadmapping

Skills

Senior leadership

C++ (C++17+)

Firmware architecture

RTOS & drivers

Performance profiling

SoC and PCIe/UCIe

Tools

Embedded toolchains

Profiling tools

Job description

Location : Bangalore ( Hybrid- 2days office, 3 days-home)

Director of Firmware

EnCharge AI is seeking an experienced Director of Firmware & Embedded Software to lead the development of low-level software that powers our next-generation AI accelerator platform. This role is pivotal in bridging silicon and software - ensuring our hardware delivers best-in-class performance, efficiency, and reliability for cutting-edge AI workloads. You’ll lead a team of engineers responsible for firmware architecture, hardware bring-up, driver development, and performance optimization. The ideal candidate is hands-on, strategic, and deeply familiar with the challenges of scaling embedded systems for high-performance compute.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the firmware and embedded software strategy for our AI accelerator stack.
• Architect system software components that interface directly with hardware blocks, DMA engines, device-to-device and on-chip interconnects.
• Oversee development of firmware, bootloaders, drivers, and runtime control software enabling low-latency AI execution.
• Lead bring-up, diagnostics, and debug for new silicon platforms in close collaboration with hardware and compiler teams.
• Build and mentor a high-performing team across firmware, embedded, and systems software.
• Establish robust software processes, CI/CD pipelines, and test infrastructure for hardware-in-loop validation.
• Ensure seamless integration of firmware with runtimes, and orchestration layers.
• Partner with silicon architects to co-design features that maximize utilization, throughput, and power efficiency.
• Work closely with hardware, compiler, and ML runtime teams to define software-hardware co-optimization strategies.
• Partner with product and customer teams to support bring-up, tuning, and deployment in customer environments.
• Represent firmware and embedded software in company-level technical reviews and roadmap planning.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in firmware or embedded software development, with at least 5 years in technical leadership roles.
• Proven experience shipping firmware/software for high-performance computing, GPUs, AI accelerators, or SoCs.
• Deep understanding of firmware architecture, RTOS, drivers, memory subsystems, power management, and low-level I/O.
• Strong knowledge of C++ (C++17 and beyond), embedded toolchains, and performance profiling methodologies.
• Familiarity with PCIe, UCIe, HBM, DDR, DMA, interrupt handling, cache coherency, and SoC debug.
• Experience collaborating with silicon design, compiler/runtime, and systems software teams.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills — able to drive alignment across