Sr. Engineer, Embedded Firmware

Ayar Labs, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Sur place; USD 160 000 - 192 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ayar Labs, Inc. is hiring a Sr. Engineer, Embedded Firmware to own the firmware development lifecycle for cutting-edge photonic interconnect products.

You will drive firmware design from inception to customer deployment, ensuring hardware validation and smooth integration in a fast-paced startup environment. The role focuses on embedded systems in multi-chip package environments with high-speed SerDes, working closely with analog/digital/photonic designers to establish MCU/embedded requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field; 2+ years of experience.
• Proven bare-metal embedded firmware development with strong C programming skills.
• Hands-on, proactive with ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Experience with various microcontrollers and firmware debugging tools.
• Proficiency with modern version control workflows (Git).
• Familiarity with JIRA and CI/CD tooling.

Responsabilités

• Design, develop, and own firmware architecture for multi-chip package systems.
• Drive embedded firmware development for high-speed SerDes and photonics-enabled chips.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, software, validation, and systems teams.

Connaissances

Embedded firmware development

C programming

Firmware debugging

Git

Microcontrollers

CI/CD

Python scripting

Make-based build flows

Formation

Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Outils

Git

JIRA

CI/CD tools

Make

Description du poste

Position:Sr. Engineer, Embedded Firmware

Location: San Jose, CA

Job Id:587

# of Openings:0

Sr. Engineer, Embedded Firmware
Location: San Jose, CA (on-site 3-4 days per week)

Ayar Labs is shattering AI data bottlenecks by moving data at the speed of light. As pioneers of co-packaged optics (CPO), we are using light instead of electricity to move data faster, further, and with a fraction of the energy needed to fuel the explosive growth of AI models.

Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, AMD and Intel and manufactured in partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor ecosystem, Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics solution is key to unleashing next-generation AI scale-up architectures.

We are seeking an exceptional Firmware Engineer
to own the firmware development lifecycle for our groundbreaking products.

In this critical role, you will drive firmware design from inception to customer deployment, ensuring seamless hardware validation and integration. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your expertise in embedded systems, multi-chip package environments, and high-speed SerDes to shape the future of optical interconnect.

Essential Functions:

• Firmware Architecture: Collaborate closely with analog/mixed-signal, digital, and photonic block designers to develop sophisticated control algorithms for our photonic circuits and establish the micro-architecture and embedded requirements for our multi-chip package systems.
• Drive embedded firmware development: Design, develop, and optimize firmware for controlling complex electronic-photonic chips featuring multiple high-speed SerDes.
• Provide Technical Leadership: Mentor and guide junior engineers, contributing to their professional growth and development.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner effectively with diverse teams, including hardware, software, validation and systems engineers, to achieve project goals.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field with 2+ years of experience.
• Proven expertise in bare-metal embedded firmware development, with strong programming skills in C.
• Hands-on, proactive approach with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment.
• Experience with various microcontrollers and firmware debugging tools.
• Proficiency with modern version control workflows (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with project management tools (JIRA), and CI/CD tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in embedded firmware development for high-speed electronics and photonics applications.
• Silicon bring-up experience for high-speed SerDes and photonics applications.
• Experience in scripting with high level language like Python.
• Experience with Make-based build flows.

  Salary range: $160,000 - $192,000

  Ayar Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, sex, national origin, race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of Ayar Labs to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.