Firmware Engineer — Build the AI Silicon Stack

Normal Computing Corporation; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Normal Computing is an applied AI company building foundational hardware and software for AI acceleration. We seek a Firmware Engineer to create low-level software for our SOC, bridging the hardware layer with higher-level software through a robust API.

You will work across hardware and software teams and design the development environment. If you have 5+ years in firmware, shipping experience, and strong communication, you could thrive here.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of firmware development experience.
• Experience creating a firmware development environment for a shipping product.
• Experience with multiple firmware languages and architectures.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop firmware for an embedded processor on an SoC to bridge software and hardware.
• Collaborate with software and hardware teams to define API requirements.
• Create and configure the development environment with compilers, simulators, and debuggers.
• Develop verification and stress tests to ensure production-grade firmware.

Skills

Firmware development

Firmware env setup

APIs & interfaces

Cross-functional comms

RTL/ASIC familiarity

Job description

Normal Computing is an applied AI company building foundational hardware and software for AI acceleration. We seek a Firmware Engineer to create low-level software for our SOC, bridging the hardware layer with higher-level software through a robust API.

You will work across hardware and software teams and design the development environment. If you have 5+ years in firmware, shipping experience, and strong communication, you could thrive here.