Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer – High-Speed Photonics

Ayar Labs, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Ayar Labs, Inc. in San Jose, CA is seeking a Firmware Engineer to own the firmware development lifecycle for cutting-edge devices. You will drive firmware design from inception to customer deployment, ensuring seamless hardware validation and integration.

Work with analog/digital/photonic design teams to craft embedded control algorithms for multi-chip package systems and high-speed SerDes. Mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and thriving in a fast-paced startup environment are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 4+ years of embedded firmware development experience.
• Proficiency in C and bare-metal firmware.
• Experience with microcontrollers and debugging tools.
• Version control with Git; familiarity with JIRA.
• Exposure to CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Firmware Architecture: collaborate with design teams to define micro-architecture for multi-chip systems.
• Drive embedded firmware development for high-speed SerDes enabled chips.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, software, validation and systems teams.

Skills

C programming

Bare-metal firmware

Embedded systems

Microcontrollers

Git

CI/CD

JIRA

Debugging tools

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Make

JIRA

Job description

Ayar Labs, Inc. in San Jose, CA is seeking a Firmware Engineer to own the firmware development lifecycle for cutting-edge devices. You will drive firmware design from inception to customer deployment, ensuring seamless hardware validation and integration.

Work with analog/digital/photonic design teams to craft embedded control algorithms for multi-chip package systems and high-speed SerDes. Mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and thriving in a fast-paced startup environment are expected.