Senior Arm System Control Firmware Engineer

Ampere Computing LLC; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401K retirement plan

Unlimited flextime

Paid holidays

Snacks & beverages

Job summary

Ampere Computing is growing and is seeking a collaborative, driven System Control Firmware Engineer to help develop the firmware that powers our Arm®-based server SoCs.

In this role, you will take meaningful ownership of critical system-control functionality, 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.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS with 5+ years relevant experience, or MS with 3+ years.
• At least 3 years hands-on C programming for embedded or systems software.
• Knowledge of SPI, I2C, I3C, DDR3/DDR4/DDR5, PCIe.
• Experience with firmware, BIOS/UEFI, Linux and/or Windows software.
• Multi-threaded programming and concurrent software design experience.
• Arm 32/64-bit platform bring-up and boot sequences.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C programming

Embedded software

Multi-threaded programming

Arm architecture

Pre-silicon bring-up

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Master’s degree (optional) in a related field

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Bugzilla

Jira

CMake

DeviceTree

Job description

Ampere Computing is growing and is seeking a collaborative, driven System Control Firmware Engineer to help develop the firmware that powers our Arm®-based server SoCs.

In this role, you will take meaningful ownership of critical system-control functionality, 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.