Senior Arm Server System Control Firmware Engineer

Ampere Computing; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K retirement plan

Unlimited flextime

10+ paid holidays

Snacks and drinks

Job summary

Ampere Computing is seeking a System Control Firmware Engineer to own critical system-control functionality for our Arm-based server SoCs. You will contribute across the product lifecycle—from pre-silicon development through post-silicon bring-up—and make highly visible contributions to your team and the company.

You’ll design, develop, and validate firmware and drivers in an RTOS environment, collaborate with hardware teams, and lead post-silicon validation and issue resolution across multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technical discipline; 5+ years experience or Master’s with 3+ years experience.
• Hands-on C programming experience; embedded or systems software.
• Knowledge of SPI, I2C, I3C, DDR3/DDR4/DDR5, PCIe.
• Experience firmware/BIOS/UEFI, Linux and/or Windows software.
• Experience with multi-threaded programming and concurrent design.
• Strong analytical, debugging, validation, and test-methodology skills.
• Experience with 32-bit and 64-bit Arm architectures and bring-up sequences.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain System Control Processor firmware for Ampere Arm server SoCs.
• Create and maintain technical specifications, design documents, and other engineering documentation.
• Develop reliable, real-time, multi-threaded software and device drivers in an RTOS environment.
• Integrate firmware into virtual-platform environments and debug functional issues.
• Partner with hardware design teams to enable and validate pre-silicon software on hardware emulation platforms.
• Lead post-silicon firmware bring-up, validation, and issue resolution.
• Debug, root-cause, and resolve software issues spanning firmware, operating systems, and related subsystems.
• Support multiple platforms and projects for internal teams and external customers.
• Collaborate with Field Application Engineers to investigate and resolve customer issues.

Skills

C programming

Embedded software

Multithreading

Linux/Windows familiarity

Arm architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science

Master’s degree (optional) in related field

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Bugzilla

Jira

Kconfig

DeviceTree

CMake

Job description

Ampere Computing is seeking a System Control Firmware Engineer to own critical system-control functionality for our Arm-based server SoCs. You will contribute across the product lifecycle—from pre-silicon development through post-silicon bring-up—and make highly visible contributions to your team and the company.

You’ll design, develop, and validate firmware and drivers in an RTOS environment, collaborate with hardware teams, and lead post-silicon validation and issue resolution across multiple