Firmware Engineer: SoC Validation & Pre-/Post-Silicon

Oppstar Berhad; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

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

This role suits engineers who enjoy both firmware development and rigorous verification, with opportunities to work with architectures, debugging tools, and a range of platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with 1-5 years of experience.
• Experience with firmware development cycle, integration and verification/validation for pre-si and post-si for SoC designs.
• Expertise in low-level C programming and debugging for embedded systems.
• Strong background in computer architecture with memory interleaving concepts.
• Ability to root-cause complex failure mechanisms at IP/subsystem/system level.
• Experience with testing platforms (Simulation/Emulation) and bring-up.
• Familiarity with hardware/software interfaces and debugging complex CPU/firmware issues.
• Experience with source control systems including Git/Gerrit, Jama, GitHub and Jira.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and communication skills.
• Comfortable with scripting environments (Python, Windows PowerShell, Linux, Bash, PHP).
• Experience reviewing verification requirements and test plans.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for firmware development and feature enablement in Data Fabric/GPU/CPU/HSIO components, including design, documentation, unit testing and debug for pre and post-silicon support.
• Collaborate with architects and IP leads to define firmware scope and milestones.
• Provide debug support in emulation, simulation and post-silicon environment.
• Coordinate with distributed teams to ensure firmware quality throughout the lifecycle.
• Develop automated test cases for firmware sub-components.
• Execute firmware test plans on pre-silicon platforms and capture results.
• Design and maintain test frameworks to improve verification efficiency.
• Support debug and triage of failures within test frameworks and workflows.
• Stay updated with emerging tech and industry best practices.
• Work in fast-paced, dynamic environments.

Skills

Low-level C programming

Embedded debugging

Pre-silicon design

Post-silicon bring-up

JTAG debugging

Source control (Git/Gerrit)

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Hardware/software interfaces

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Jama

GitHub

Jira

Job description

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

This role suits engineers who enjoy both firmware development and rigorous verification, with opportunities to work with architectures, debugging tools, and a range of platforms.