Firmware Engineer (Development/Verification)

Oppstar Berhad; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Oppstar Berhad is seeking a Firmware Engineer (Development & Verification) to develop, validate and optimize low-level firmware across CPU, GPU, Data Fabric and HSIO. You will participate from pre-silicon development to post-silicon bring-up and validation, ensuring quality throughout the SoC lifecycle.

The role suits engineers who enjoy both firmware development and rigorous verification, with opportunities to collaborate across distributed teams and design automated test frameworks to enhance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 1-5 years of experience in firmware development/verification.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate and optimize low-level firmware for CPU, GPU, Data Fabric, HSIO.
• Design verification solutions to ensure firmware quality across the SoC lifecycle.
• Collaborate with architects and IP leads to define firmware scope and milestones.
• Provide debug support in emulation, simulation and post-silicon environments.
• Develop automated test cases for firmware components and execute test plans.

Skills

Low-level C

Embedded debugging

Computer architecture

Root-cause analysis

Pre-/Post-silicon bring-up

Simulation/Emulation testing

JTAG and hardware-debugging

Git/Gerrit

Software QA concepts

Scripting: Python/PowerShell/Linux/Bah

Jama/GitHub/Jira

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Jama

GitHub

Jira

Gerrit

Job description

As a passionate Firmware Engineer (Development & Verification), you will develop, validating and optimize low-level firmware for CPU, GPU, Data Fabric, HSIO, and designing verification solutions to ensure firmware quality throughout the SoC development lifecycle. You will contribute from pre-silicon development to post-silicon bring-up and validation.

This position is ideal for engineers who enjoy both firmware development and quality-driven verification.

Location: Penang, or KL valley

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for firmware development and feature enablement in the Data Fabric/GPU/CPU /HSIO/ component, including design, documentation, unit testing and debug for pre and post silicon support.
• Work closely with architects and other IP leads to determine firmware scope and implementation details to meet firmware deliverables schedules and milestones
• Engage with various teams to provide debug support in the emulation, simulation and post-silicon environment
• Work with internal and external teams to ensure highest level of quality and satisfaction throughout firmware lifecycle.
• Must be well-organized, technically oriented, and a self-starter with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and coordinate activities with geographically distributed technical teams.
• Develop automated test cases for firmware sub-components
• Execute firmware test plans on wide range of pre-silicon platforms, capturing results
• Design, develop and maintain test frameworks towards improving efficiency of firmware verification.
• Support debug and triage of failures within test frameworks, and automated workflows.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry best practices.
• Desire to work and succeed on fast-paced and highly dynamic environments.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with 1-5 years of experience

Preferred experience:

• Good understanding of firmware development cycle, integration and verification/validation for pre-si and post-si for SoC designs.
• Expertise in low-level C programming & debugging for embedded systems.
• Strong background in computer architecture with familiarity in memory interleaving, system memory maps and NUMA domain concepts.
• Ability to methodically root-cause complex failure mechanisms at the IP, subsystem and/or system level.
• Prior experience and/or exposure to testing platforms (Simulation and/or Emulation)
• Prior involvement in board, processor, or ASIC bring-up.
• Experience in hardware/software interfaces and debugging sophisticated issues in CPU and firmware using JTAG, source code debuggers and other tools.
• Experience with source control systems including git/gerrit
• Expert with software QA concepts, best practices, and procedures
• Comfortable with a wide range of scripting environments, such as: Python, Windows PowerShell, Linux, Bash, PHP.
• Experience reviewing verification requirements and test plans.
• Experience with software development tools such as Jama, GitHub and Jira.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Software/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or other relevant fields