Staff Engineer, Software (AI2548)

SiMa.ai; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,800,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

SiMa.ai in Bangalore, India is hiring a Staff Engineer, Software to lead driver development and system software for high-speed interfaces. This on-site role demands hands-on expertise with embedded Linux, 64-bit ARM and pre-silicon validation environments.

The successful candidate will build and optimize software stacks, contribute to Yocto-based builds, and collaborate with hardware/validation teams to bring up comprehensive MLSoC platforms.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent.
• Hands-on embedded software development and driver work.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces and embedded Linux workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain drivers for high speed interfaces (UCIe, PCIe, Ethernet, MIPI, DDR).
• Build and maintain system libraries for buffer management, synchronization, and logging.
• Optimize power and performance of the system.
• Modify and maintain build systems like Yocto and eLxr (Debian).
• Test and verify Linux drivers and environment with virtualizers and Zebu emulators for pre-silicon validation.
• Provide software to support HW MLSoC test validation and bring-up.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded Linux

ARM 64-bit

Driver development

Linux/Windows driver

Education

BS/MS in computer science

Tools

Yocto

eLxr

Zebu emulators

Job description

Job Title: Staff Engineer, Software

Job Location: Bangalore, India (This position requires a full-time, on-site presence in our Bangalore, India Office)

Job ID: AI2548

Description

Job Title: Staff Engineer, Software Job Location: Bangalore, India (This position requires a full-time, on-site presence in our Bangalore, India Office) Job ID: AI2548 About SiMa.ai: SiMa.ai™ is scaling Physical AI in Robotics, Automotive, Industrial, Aerospace and Defense, and Medical markets. We have created the industry's best purpose-built, software centric Physical AI HW/SW platform that leads the industry in Ease of use, performance, and power efficiency. SiMa.ai is led by technologists and business veterans backed by a set of top investors committed to helping customers bring ML on their platforms. SiMa.ai was founded in 2018, has raised $355M and is backed by Fidelity Management & Research Company, Maverick Capital, Point72, MSD Partners, VentureTech Alliance and more. For more information, visit https://sima.ai/

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain drivers for high speed interfaces like UCIe, PCIe, Ethernet, MIPI, DDR.
• Build and maintain system level libraries for buffer management, synchronization, logging, etc.
• Optimize the power and performance of the system.
• Modify and maintain build systems like Yocto and eLxr (Debian).
• Test and verify Linux drivers and environment with Virtualizers and Zebu emulators for pre-silicon validation.
• Provide SW to support HW MLSoC test validation team for post-silicon validation and bring up.

Key Requirements

• BS/MS in computer science with minimum 8 years of experience.
• Hands-on experience developing firmware, boot code and SW using high performance 64 bit Arm processors.
• Experience of working with UCIe, PCIe EP/RC, SIG Certification, Drivers Linux/Windows Hosts is highly desirable.
• Hands-on experience developing drivers for USB, MIPI, Ethernet, eMMC, UFS.
• Development experience with Embedded Linux (e.g. Yocto) or embedded RTOS (e.g. Zephyr) experience is highly desirable.
• Good proficiency with C/C++.
• Proven track record and experience building and delivering complex embedded SW products.

Personal attributes

Can-do attitude. Strong team player. Curious, creative, and good at solving problems. Execution and results oriented. Self-driven, thinks big and is highly accountable. Good communication skills.