Director of Firmware Engineering – Coherent DSP for AI

Celero Communications, Inc.

Irvine (CA)

On-site

CAD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Celero is seeking an experienced, hands-on Director of Firmware Engineering to lead architecture, development, and validation of embedded firmware for our next‑generation coherent DSP products for high‑speed optical interconnects.

Based onsite in Ottawa, Canada, you will own the firmware that brings our coherent DSP ASICs to life, controlling SerDes, framer, FEC, receive DSP, and analog/mixed‑signal blocks, and make sure it is robust, high‑performance, and production‑ready from pre‑silicon

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; Master's or PhD preferred.
15+ years of embedded firmware development experience on high-speed communication ICs such as coherent DSPs or SerDes-based devices.
5+ years leading firmware teams with people management and technical leadership.
Experience bringing firmware from pre-silicon to mass production.

Responsibilities

Define and own firmware architecture, roadmap, and execution for coherent DSP product lines.
Build and grow a high-performing firmware team across multiple sites.
Lead pre-silicon verification strategy and integrate firmware with RTL/AMS environments.
Drive automated regression, CI, and release quality for production firmware.
Collaborate across hardware, software, DSP, validation, and applications teams.