Senior/ Staff Firmware Engineer AIoT Signal Processing Firmware

REALTEK SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Realtek Singapore Private Limited is seeking a senior embedded firmware engineer to design, implement, and maintain firmware for AiOT SoC platforms. You will collaborate with algorithm teams to optimize signal processing and system latency on real-time embedded targets.

You will lead debugging across hardware and software bring-up, validate with MATLAB/Python tools, mentor engineers, and drive best practices from design through production release in a small, agile team.

Qualifications

• Degree in EE/CE/CS or related field.
• 10+ years of embedded firmware experience in real-time systems.
• Strong C/C++ proficiency for embedded targets.
• Experience with ARM Cortex-M and/or RISC-V processors.
• Knowledge of DSP and embedded debugging techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain firmware for AiOT SoC platforms.
• Collaborate with algorithm teams to optimize signal processing on embedded platforms.
• Optimize firmware performance, memory footprint, power consumption, and latency.
• Support hardware bring-up, FPGA validation, silicon verification, and system integration.
• Develop tests and diagnostic tools to validate firmware functionality and reliability.
• Investigate and resolve firmware and hardware interaction issues.
• Work with hardware, software, validation, and product teams to meet requirements and schedules.
• Contribute to firmware coding standards, documentation, and best practices.

Skills

Embedded firmware development

C/C++ for embedded targets

Digital signal processing

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Tools

JTAG

SWD

Logic analyzers

Protocol analyzers

MATLAB

Python

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Design, implement, and maintain firmware for AiOT SoC platforms.
• Collaborate with algorithm teams to integrate and optimize signal processing algorithms on embedded platforms.
• Optimize firmware performance, memory footprint, power consumption, and system latency.
• Support hardware bring-up, FPGA validation, silicon verification, and system integration activities.
• Develop unit tests, integration tests, and diagnostic tools to validate firmware functionality and reliability.
• Investigate and resolve firmware and hardware interaction issues.
• Work closely with hardware, software, validation, and product teams to meet product requirements and schedules.
• Contribute to firmware coding standards, technical documentation, and development best practices.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of embedded firmware development experience in real-time systems.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming for embedded targets.
• Knowledge of digital signal processing
• Experience developing firmware on ARM Cortex-M and/or RISC-V processors.
• Understanding of embedded debugging techniques using JTAG, SWD, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
• Experience with firmware development throughout the product lifecycle, including bring-up, integration, validation, and production release.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, or signal analysis tools for algorithm validation and performance analysis.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple development teams.
• Proven ability to thrive in a small, agile engineering team, taking initiative, prioritizing tasks and handle evolving technical challenges, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability from design through validation and delivery