Embedded Firmware Engineer

Eximietas Design; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Eximietas Design seeks an Embedded Firmware Engineer to join their silicon validation team. The role involves developing low-level firmware, working with specified hardware architectures, and ensuring seamless system integration. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in firmware development and debugging.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing bare-metal firmware for SoC subsystems.
• Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up.
• Strong understanding of embedded architecture and register-level programming.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate bare-metal firmware drivers for SoC subsystems.
• Write firmware test cases to verify processor integration.
• Collaborate with teams to debug RTL/FW interactions.

Skills

Embedded systems

C-based firmware development

Debugging

Code optimisation

Cross-compilation

Job description

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Embedded Firmware Engineer – Bare Metal & Emulation

Experience Level: 8–15 years

Number of Positions: 2

Overview

Eximietas Design is looking for a skilled Embedded Firmware Engineer to join our silicon validation and systems integration team. This role focuses on developing low-level, bare-metal firmware, integrating multiple processors across chiplets, and supporting both emulation and simulation environments. You will work closely with hardware architects and design teams to validate system bring-up, exercise interfaces, and enable functional verification of proprietary silicon.

This position offers a hands-on opportunity to work at the cutting edge of next-generation silicon, from early-stage simulation to hardware emulation and final bring-up.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate bare-metal firmware drivers for SoC subsystems and custom IPs.
• Write targeted firmware test cases to verify processor integration, memory subsystems, and peripheral operability.
• Implement Interrupt Service Routines (ISRs) and inter-processor communication (IPC) infrastructure for multi-core, multi-chiplet systems.
• Convert pseudo-code and architectural intent into robust, efficient firmware routines for controlling and initializing proprietary hardware.
• Develop firmware suited for both emulation (e.g., Veloce, Zebu) and simulation environments (e.g., ModelSim, VCS).
• Collaborate with DV teams to debug RTL/FW interactions and help accelerate bug triage and resolution.
• Contribute to register abstraction layers, hardware bring-up utilities, and board support packages.
• Support system validation in the lab, working with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG/SWD debuggers, and custom test equipment.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proficiency in C-based firmware development, with a strong understanding of:
• Cross-compilation for embedded targets
• Compiler/linker toolchains and scripts
• Code optimisation (size, performance, and execution time)
• Build systems and toolchains (e.g., GCC, Clang, CMake)
• Solid understanding of embedded system architectures, memory-mapped IO, and register-level programming.
• Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills using:
• Hardware debuggers and probes (e.g., Lauterbach, J-Link)
• Hands-on lab experience in bringing up new silicon or board-level hardware platforms.
• Ability to understand and interpret technical specifications, register documentation, and memory maps.
• Waveform analysis from simulation (e.g., VCD/FSDB)

Nice to Have

• Experience with RTL simulation tools such as ModelSim, VCS, or QuestaSim.
• Familiarity with hardware emulation/co-emulation platforms (e.g., Mentor Veloce, Synopsys ZeBu, Cadence Palladium).
• Experience developing firmware for ARM Cortex-based processors, including knowledge of TrustZone, MMU, and low-level boot code.
• Prior exposure to SoC bring-up workflows, firmware test suites, and post-silicon debug methodologies.
• Basic understanding of scripting languages such as Python, TCL, or shell scripts for test automation or environment setup.
• Exposure to multi-core boot sequencing, power domains, or reset logic.
• Familiarity with device trees or custom configuration tables for firmware handoff.
• Knowledge of open-source firmware frameworks (e.g., OpenSBI, Zephyr RTOS, U-Boot) is a plus.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Semiconductor Manufacturing and Engineering Services

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