Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer — Energy-Efficient Processors

Efficient Computer; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity program

401K match

Company-paid benefits

Paid parental leave

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Efficient is developing the world’s most energy-efficient general-purpose computer processor. Efficient’s Embedded Hardware Engineer will design and implement complete systems that feature the world’s most energy-efficient programmable processor.

Your primary role will be to develop PCB designs and accompanying system software to test and showcase our revolutionary processors. This position is a unique opportunity to work across RTL simulators and FPGA emulators, develop secure boot ROMs, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience with PCB board design.
• 8+ years of experience developing software for embedded systems.
• Experience debugging new silicon and hardware prototypes in the lab.
• 5+ years of experience with C and/or C++.
• Deep knowledge of at least one embedded platform, such as MSP430, STM32, Ambiq Apollo, PIC32, or similar.
• Experience using industry standard development and debugging tools for embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop bring-up test hardware and customer EDKs.
• Engage with PCBA vendors, and manage relationships.
• Perform board bring-up.
• Perform pre-silicon validation activities for our processors.
• Develop boot ROM and firmware for our processors.
• Perform first-silicon bring-up and checkout activities.
• Engage with Digital Design and Compiler teams to debug silicon issues.
• Build out a low level SDK for our processors and maintain a set of standard libraries.
• Support customers with their board development efforts, reviewing designs and providing recommended solutions.
• Deploy applications to our processors, in software simulation, RTL emulation, and silicon implementation.

Skills

PCB design

Embedded software

C/C++

Silicon bring-up

Debug hardware

Embedded platforms

Tools

Altium Develop

Job description

Efficient is developing the world’s most energy-efficient general-purpose computer processor. Efficient’s Embedded Hardware Engineer will design and implement complete systems that feature the world’s most energy-efficient programmable processor.

Your primary role will be to develop PCB designs and accompanying system software to test and showcase our revolutionary processors. This position is a unique opportunity to work across RTL simulators and FPGA emulators, develop secure boot ROMs, and