Firmware Engineer II - DDR5 Front-End & MCU

Cadence Design Systems; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence Design Systems is seeking an embedded firmware engineer to develop DDR5 PHY firmware using microcontrollers and bare-metal code. You will work with hardware designers and memory subsystem architects to implement training algorithms and co-verify with the verification team.

Responsibilities include RTL-level debugging and silicon bring-up. The role requires strong C programming, experience with DDR5 specifications, and scripting proficiency for automation.

Qualifications

• Experience developing bare-metal firmware for High-speed SerDes or memory interface PHY blocks.
• Strong C programming for embedded software development with IDEs.
• Comfortable debugging RTL simulations involving firmware and microcontroller subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Develop firmware for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers and bare-metal programming.
• Collaborate with hardware designers and memory subsystem architects to derive training algorithms and implement them.
• Collaborate with the verification team to plan firmware-hardware co-verification.
• Develop and debug firmware in RTL-based hardware simulations (C + Verilog).
• Develop and debug on silicon bring-up boards.

Skills

DDR5 knowledge

Bare-metal firmware

C programming

RTL debugging

Scripting languages

EDA tool experience

Tools

Verilog simulators

Waveform viewers

Job description

Cadence Design Systems is seeking an embedded firmware engineer to develop DDR5 PHY firmware using microcontrollers and bare-metal code. You will work with hardware designers and memory subsystem architects to implement training algorithms and co-verify with the verification team.

Responsibilities include RTL-level debugging and silicon bring-up. The role requires strong C programming, experience with DDR5 specifications, and scripting proficiency for automation.