Senior Customer Release Engineer

SiFive India Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

SiFive India Private Limited is seeking a Senior Customer Release Engineer to join the Release Management team under Platform Execution and Operation. You will oversee integration, validation, and on-time delivery of SiFive IP customer deliverables, coordinating across multiple teams for quality releases.

If you excel at Python-driven automation, release workflows, and cross-functional collaboration, this role offers impact across customer programs and ongoing productization efforts.

Qualifications

• BE/ME/MTech/MS in ECE/EE or Computer Science.
• 4+ years of relevant release/verification exposure.
• Solid understanding of SoC design and verification flows at a working level.
• Strong problem‑solving and collaboration skills.
• Experience with Linux, Git, Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Own release readiness and delivery for customer IP drops.
• Manage integration/configuration issues across Core and UnCore content.
• Generate release collateral and perform quality checks.
• Drive schedule and risk tracking with PMs and engineering leads.
• Collaborate with sales and support teams to ensure customer requirements are met.

Skills

Release management

Python programming

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BE/ME/MTech/MS in ECE/EE/CS

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

CMake

Make

Linux

JSON

YAML

IP-XACT

Job description

Role Overview

As a Senior Customer Release Engineer, you will report to the Release Management team under Platform Execution and Operation. You will be assigned to execution programs and will be responsible for ensuring SiFive IP customer deliverables are integrated, validated, and delivered on time with high quality.

Success will be measured based on on‑time releases, defect escape rate, release quality, and automation improvements. This is a cross‑functional coordination and technical debugging role, not a primary RTL or verification development role.

Key Responsibilities

• Own release readiness and delivery for customer IP drops.
• Manage integration/configuration issues across Core and UnCore content.
• Generate release collateral and perform quality checks.
• Drive schedule and risk tracking with PMs and engineering leads.
• Collaborate with sales and support teams to ensure customer requirements are met.

Technical Requirements Must‑Haves

• Strong Python skills.
• Experience with release/build/productization workflows.
• Familiarity with structured metadata/config formats such as JSON, YAML, and ideally IP‑XACT.
• Understanding of hardware/IP delivery lifecycle.
• Experience with embedded programming in Assembly and C/C++, along with build tools such as CMake and Make.

Education & Experience

• BE/ME/MTech/MS in ECE, EE, or Computer Science.
• 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Solid understanding of SoC design and verification flows at a working level.
• Strong problem‑solving/debugging skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with Linux, Git, Jira, and Confluence.
• Self‑starter with learning agility.

Preferred Qualifications

• FPGA prototyping, emulation, and simulation depth.
• CPU architecture and embedded bring‑up depth.
• Verilog/System Verilog.
• Scala, Haskell.
• UVM, assertions, coverage, power estimation, Spy Glass.

Additional Information

This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in India. Any offer of employment for this position is contingent on the company verifying that you are authorized for access to export‑controlled technology under applicable export control laws or, if you are not already authorized, that the company can successfully obtain the necessary export license(s) or other approvals.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

SiFive is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.