Firmware Validation Engineer

Azimuth AI Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Azimuth AI Inc. in Hyderabad is seeking an experienced Firmware Validation Engineer to validate embedded firmware on ARM Cortex-M33 platforms, ensuring quality and performance.

You will lead unit, integration, and system-level tests for MCU drivers, RTOS services, radio APIs, and embedded security features while collaborating with hardware and product teams to support releases.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Embedded C and ARM Cortex-M33 based firmware validation.
• Proficient in unit, integration, and system-level validation for embedded firmware.
• Familiarity with MISRA C guidelines and low-level debugging.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute unit test cases for Embedded C firmware.
• Validate MCU drivers (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, ADC, Timers, QSPI, memory interfaces).
• Perform RTOS-based firmware validation.
• Support FPGA and silicon bring-up activities.
• Perform hardware-software integration testing.
• Debug hardware-software interaction issues.
• Work closely with firmware development teams to resolve defects.
• Provide validation support during product release cycles.
• Collaborate with hardware, architecture, and product teams.

Skills

Embedded C (C/C++)

ARM Cortex-M33

Firmware validation

RTOS fundamentals

Unit testing frameworks

Regression testing

Root cause analysis

Interrupt handling

Memory mapping

Low-level debugging

UART/SPI/I2C/CAN/BLE/RF

MISRA C guidelines

Git version control

Python scripting

Education

B.Tech / M.Tech / BE / ME in Electronics, Electrical Engineering

Tools

Git

Python scripting

Job description

Role Overview

Azimuth AI is looking for an experienced Firmware Validation Engineer to join our Hyderabad team. The role focuses on validating and ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of embedded firmware running on ARM Cortex-M33 based platforms.

The candidate will be responsible for unit testing, integration testing, system-level validation, and performance benchmarking of firmware components including MCU drivers, RTOS services, radio APIs, and embedded security features.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute unit test cases for Embedded C firmware.
• Validate MCU drivers (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, ADC, Timers, QSPI, memory interfaces).
• Perform RTOS-based firmware validation.
• Support FPGA and silicon bring-up activities.
• Perform hardware-software integration testing.
• Debug hardware-software interaction issues.
• Work closely with firmware development teams to resolve defects.
• Provide validation support during product release cycles.
• Collaborate with hardware, architecture, and product teams.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience in Embedded C (C/C++).
• Hands-on experience with ARM Cortex-M33 architecture.
• 5+ years of experience in Firmware validation,FPGA / silicon bring-up
• Strong understanding of Interrupt handling, Memory mapping, Low-level debugging ,RTOS fundamentals
• Experience in Unit testing frameworks, Regression testing, Root cause analysis
• Good knowledge of communication protocols: UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, BLE & Sub-1 GHz RF communication
• Familiarity with MISRA C guidelines.
• Experience with Git version control.
• Basic Python scripting (added advantage).

Education

B.Tech / M.Tech / BE / ME in Electronics, Electrical Engineering streams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor product companies.
• Exposure to SoC validation and verification flows.
• Knowledge of embedded security concepts (e.g., TrustZone).