Sr Principal Firmware Engineer
Job Summary
Job Description
Cadence is seeking a Sr Principal Firmware Engineer to join the DDR PHY IP Front End Design team. This role involves developing bare-metal firmware in C for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers, collaborating with hardware designers and verification teams on training algorithms and co-verification plans. The engineer will also be responsible for debugging firmware in RTL simulations and on silicon bring-up boards. Key skills include knowledge of DDR5 JEDEC spec, C programming, scripting, and experience with EDA tools.
Must have:
- Develop firmware for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers.
- Develop firmware in C, involving bare-metal programming and low-level APIs on Microcontrollers.
- Collaborate with hardware designers and memory subsystem architects for training algorithms.
- Collaborate with the verification team to deduce firmware-hardware co-verification plan.
- Develop and Debug firmware in RTL based hardware simulations.
- Develop and Debug on Silicon bring-up boards.
6 skills required
Job Details
Be part of the Cadence DDR PHY IP Front End Design team responsible for -
- Develop firmware for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers
- Developing firmware in C typically involving bare-metal programming and developing low-level APIs on Microcontrollers.
- Responsible for collaborating with hardware designers and memory subsystem architects to derive training algorithms and implement them.
- Responsible for collaborating with the verification team to deduce firmware-hardware co-verification plan.
- Develop and Debug firmware in RTL based hardware simulations (C +Verilog simulations)
- Develop and Debug on Silicon bring-up boards.
Required Skills:
- Good Knowledge of DDR5 JEDEC spec, knowledge of different DIMM configurations and specifications.
- Relevant experience in developing bare-metal firmware for High-speed SerDes or Memory interface Physical Layer blocks.
- Good Knowledge of C programming language for embedded software development and use of relevant IDE.
- Comfortable debugging RTL simulations involving firmware and microcontroller subsystem.
- Good knowledge of Shell/Perl/Python/TCL scripting
- Good experience on Verification EDA Tools like simulators and waveform viewers
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About The Company
Cadence plays a critical role in creating the technologies that modern life depends on. We are a global electronic design automation company, providing software, hardware, and intellectual property to design advanced semiconductor chips that enable our customers create revolutionary products and experiences. Thanks to the outstanding caliber of the Cadence team and the empowering culture that we have cultivated for over 25 years, Cadence continues to be recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Our shared passion for solving the world’s toughest technical challenges, our dedication to pushing the limits of the industry, and our drive to do meaningful work differentiates the people of Cadence.
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