Software Engineer (Firmware)

Kandou AI; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Kandou AI seeks an embedded systems engineer with strong C/C++ skills for firmware development in RTOS environments. You will work across SoC bring-up, bootloaders and peripherals like PCIe, I2C, SPI, and UART, collaborating with hardware, validation and application teams to debug complex HW/FW interfaces.

You will apply Linux kernel knowledge, scripting in Python and experience with CI workflows to ensure robust, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience in firmware/embedded software in an RTOS environment.
• Porting and use of RTOS; Zephyr, FreeRTOS.
• SoC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialisation and peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, SMBUS, UART.
• Root cause analysis, troubleshooting and debugging across hardware/firmware interfaces.
• Familiarity with PCIe/CXL validation and debugging.
• Hardware and firmware architecture, design and coding for scalable solutions.
• Experience performing code reviews, unit testing and documentation.
• CI/gitlab/makefile/CMake/TDD workflows.

Skills

C/C++ embedded

Linux kernel

CPU architecture

RTOS experience

PCIe/CXL

Hardware debugging

Python scripting

JTAG/UART

Tools

JTAG

UART

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

Git

Job description

Required Competencies - Experience

• Strong professional experience in firmware development or embedded software development in a RTOS environment.
• Demonstrable experience in porting and use of RTOS; Zephyr, FreeRTOS
• Detailed experience with SoC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, board initialization, peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, SMBUS, UART.
• Proven experience working with multiple teams on Root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging skills resulting into solving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues
• Familiarity with PCIe/CXL validation and debugging is a big plus.
• Demonstrable experience of hardware and firmware architecture, design and coding for solutions at scale.
• Experience performing thorough code reviews, unit testing, and documentation.
• Proficiency with modern Software development and test workflows (CI/gitlab/makefile/CMake/TDD etc.)

Required Competencies - Skills

• Strong programming skills in C/C++ for embedded systems. Good understanding of Linux kernel internals and driver architecture.
• Solid knowledge of CPU architecture (ex. ARM, ARC, RISC-V), memory map, and register-level programming and debugging
• Demonstrable experience with software development for systems with Linux OS or multi-threaded RTOS environments.
• Good knowledge of bootloaders and boot sequence and Experience in board bring-up and hardware debugging
• Exposure to high-speed signalling technologies: PCIe, CXL
• Exposure to ASIC hardware validation & debugging
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Python/Shell) for automation
• Familiarity with debugging tools: JTAG, UART, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer.
• Strong working knowledge of version control tools (Git)
• Good knowledge of Baseboard Management Controller systems; OpenBMC, OpenBIC
• Good understanding of computer architectures including processors, buses, and memories.
• Ability to collaborate with hardware, validation, and application teams for end-to-end integration