Lead Firmware Architect for Optical Engine & ASIC Control

MediaTek; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Short and long term incentive programs

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Sick Leave

Vacation time

Parental leave

401K and more

Job summary

MediaTek in San Jose, CA or Woburn, MA seeks an experienced firmware leader to architect, develop, and bring up embedded firmware for advanced optical modules and engines. You will define MCU/processor, memory, boot, and peripheral requirements; generate digital requirements for custom optical control ASICs; and mentor engineers while driving CI and robust firmware development flows across programs.

Salary ranges from $180,000 to $301,000 with performance bonuses and a comprehensive benefits

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 7+ years for Senior Principal; 10+ years for Distinguished.
• Strong background in optical module firmware development.
• Experience defining embedded firmware architecture, including MCU/processor, memory sizing, boot, and peripheral requirements.
• Experience with ARM and RISC-V embedded architectures.
• Experience generating digital requirements for custom optical control ASICs.
• Hands-on firmware bring-up for complex hardware systems.
• Experience implementing CMIS for optical modules.
• Experience developing firmware for manufacturing, test, and calibration environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, debug, and release embedded firmware for optical engine platforms.
• Define MCU/processor, memory, boot, and peripheral requirements for optical module and engine control subsystems.
• Generate and own digital requirements and specifications for custom optical control ASICs, including control, telemetry, monitoring, interfaces, boot, memory, diagnostics, and testability.
• Partner with ASIC, RTL, verification, optical systems, and DSP teams to drive architecture definition, implementation alignment, bring-up, and debug.
• Develop firmware for PIC control algorithms and integrated photonic IC control functions; specify and integrate DAC/ADC requirements for control, monitoring, and calibration loops.
• Implement and maintain CMIS-compliant firmware for module control, telemetry, diagnostics, state management, and host interfaces.
• Lead firmware and digital bring-up for new optical module, optical engine, and control ASIC platforms.
• Develop firmware for manufacturing, test, screening, calibration, and production enablement, including calibration tables and calibration engines.
• Define and improve the firmware development flow, including build and release processes, automated testing, regression coverage, and continuous integration (CI).
• Drive root-cause analysis across lab bring-up, qualification, manufacturing, and field-return scenarios.
• Mentor engineers through technical leadership, design reviews, code reviews, and debug support.

Skills

Embedded firmware

ARM architecture

RISC-V architecture

Firmware bring-up

Mentoring engineers

CI for embedded systems

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

CMIS

ARM

RISC-V

CI tooling

Job description

MediaTek in San Jose, CA or Woburn, MA seeks an experienced firmware leader to architect, develop, and bring up embedded firmware for advanced optical modules and engines. You will define MCU/processor, memory, boot, and peripheral requirements; generate digital requirements for custom optical control ASICs; and mentor engineers while driving CI and robust firmware development flows across programs.

Salary ranges from $180,000 to $301,000 with performance bonuses and a comprehensive benefits