Principal Firmware Engineer (DDR5)

TL;DR

Principal Firmware Engineer (DDR5): Developing firmware for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers, involving bare-metal programming and low-level API development with an accent on collaborating with hardware and verification teams for training algorithms and co-verification. Focus on debugging firmware in RTL simulations and on Silicon bring-up boards.

Location: Must be based in Austin, USA

Company

hirify.global hires and develops leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

What you will do

• Develop firmware for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers.
• Develop bare-metal programming and low-level APIs on microcontrollers in C.
• Collaborate with hardware designers and memory subsystem architects to derive and implement training algorithms.
• Collaborate with the verification team to deduce firmware-hardware co-verification plans.
• Develop and debug firmware in RTL-based hardware simulations (C + Verilog simulations).
• Develop and debug on Silicon bring-up boards.

Requirements

• Good knowledge of DDR5 JEDEC spec, including different DIMM configurations and specifications.
• Relevant experience 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 subsystems.
• Good knowledge of Shell/Perl/Python/TCL scripting.
• Good experience with Verification EDA Tools like simulators and waveform viewers.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on impactful technology, solving challenges that others cannot.
• Be part of a team that develops leaders and innovators.