Staff Engineer- Firmware Development & Validation

The Opportunity

We're looking for the Wavemakers of tomorrow.

Alphawave Semi enables tomorrow’s future by accelerating the critical data communication at the heart of our digital world – from seamless video streaming to AI to the metaverse and much more. Our technology powers product innovation in the most data-demanding industries today, including data centers, networking, storage, artificial intelligence, 5G wireless infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles. Customers partner with us for mission-critical data communication, our innovative technologies, and our proven track record. Together, we enable the next generation of digital technology.

What You'll Do:

• Design, develop, and execute test plans, firmware and tests.
• Increase efficiency through automation and application of appropriate scripting, tools, and innovation
• Utilize source control tools/techniques and maintain software development and release processes.
• Sense of ownership of complete module/task.
• Develop production-quality software, including testing, documentation, static analysis, and CI/CD/CT
• Interacting with hardware, software and other cross functional teams to validate SoCs with minimum delays

What You'll Need:

• Must have 8+years of experience in Firmware development and Validation, Proficiency in C/C++ and Python coding
• Excellent knowledge in low level firmware/ baremetal HW/IP driver writing.
• Should have experience to develope and debug RTOS based drivers.
• Exposure to Silicon Bringup Silicon Validation and is big plus
• Indepth understand of the HW is must
• Should have exposure to design and develop firmware/drivers for high-speed interfaces e.g PCIe, Ethernet , UCIe, USB etc.
• Should have exposure to debug High speed interfaces e.g PCIe Ethernet , UCIe, USB etc.
• Good knowledge of how to use embedded development tools such as JTAG and associated debug tools
• Work experience on ARM Cortex platform/ MIPS/RISC-V cpus.
• Work Experience with FPGAs based platforms is plus
• Strong communication skills to exchange ideas and work as a team
• Should have good knowledge of System software stack, Power Management, High speed peripherals, USB, SDIO,Ethernet,PCIe UCIe Ethernet etc and memory subsystem like DDR/LPDDR etc.
• Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.
• Work Experience with FPGAs based platforms is plus
• Work experience on Heterogeneous and Multiprocessor SoC platforms.
• Exposure to Pre-Silicon environment with RTL Co-Simulations is plus point
• Experience with development environments such as Linux, Git, Jira and Confluence

"We have a flexible work environment to support and help employees thrive in personal and professional capacities"

As part of our commitment to the well-being and satisfaction of our employees, we have designed a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Competitive Compensation Package
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Provisions to pursue advanced education from Premium Institute, eLearning content providers
• Medical Insurance and a cohort of Wellness Benefits
• Educational Assistance
• Advance Loan Assistance
• Office lunch & Snacks Facility