Engineer II - Firmware

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Job Description:

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit, and 64 bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). We also license Flash-IP solutions that are incorporated in a broad range of products.

Job Description

We are currently looking to add embedded software developers for the Embedded Software Solutions (ESS) group within the FPGA Business Unit (BU) at Hyderabad India.

The FPGAs and SoC FPGAs designed by the FPGA BU meet high-bandwidth connectivity and high-data throughput needs in applications such as Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, Communications IoT Infrastructure, Industrial Controls and Automation, Spacecraft, Commercial Aircraft, and Defense Equipment.

As part of the ESS Group, you will be involved in defining, implementing, and enhancing Software of the RISC-V based SoC software Ecosystem. This position gives you an opportunity to work on various embedded software systems for safety critical applications as well as the systems targeted towards IoT, consumer and industrial applications.

Job Responsibilities

• Work as part of device drivers and boot software team for Microchip’s PolarFire SoC FPGA family and other FPGA families.
• As part of Embedded ecosystem, work on various OS/RTOS build systems, BSPs and up-streaming activities.
• Work on low level device driver, analyze hardware-software interactions, triage complex issues to narrow down the problem area.
• Drive test driven development by implementing and enhancing test specs, test code.
• Resolve customer issues in the software delivered and in-turn provide feedback and new ideas for the ecosystem enhancement.
• Work with global teams across timezones on cross functional tasks
• Take part in documentation, code reviews and specification reviews.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Qualifications and Experience

·       Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering or Electrical / Electronics.

·       3 to 6 years of working experience in embedded software development and/or bare metal embedded or RTOS (Zephyr, ThreadX etc) based software development within industry, or relevant technical field.

·       Experience in interacting with hw design team and debugging low level complex drivers is essential

·       Applications will be accepted from candidates who may not meet the educational requirements but have equivalent industry experience as demonstrated on their cv.

Skill Sets

·       Strong C-programming skills

·       Strong understanding of hardware-software interaction and low level device driver development

·       Protocols – Ethernet, PCIe, USB, QSPI, I2C etc.

·       Experience with memory devices such as DDR, eMMC etc

·       Bootloaders, BSPs. Familiarity with Assembly instructions.

·       Any RTOS (preferred experience in open source RTOS such as Zephyr, ThreadX etc.)

·       Familiarity with benchmarking software such as CoreMark, FPMark etc.

·       Knowledge in at least one scripting languages: Python, Linux shells, TCL

·       Must possess strong debugging skills and the ability to approach problems systematically. 

·       Familiarity with Git, CI/CD systems

·       Must be able to interpret specification and standard documents well.

·       Excellent written and oral communication skills

Big plus

·       Work experience in silicon validation phase will be a big plus.

·       Excellent debugging skills and proven experience of working with multiple teams to resolve cross functional issues.

·       Experience with RISC-V processors and/or FPGAs.

·       Experience with safety critical systems and software standard such as ASPICE.

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

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