Sr. Staff Engineer, Embedded Firmware

Essential Functions

• 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.
• Partner effectively with diverse teams, including hardware, software, validation and systems engineers, to achieve project goals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field with 6+ years of relevant industry 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.
• Experience estimating memory and CPU clock rate requirements.
• Proficiency with modern version control workflows (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with project management tools (JIRA), and CI/CD tools.
• Ability to own architecture and development of firmware modules from scratch.
• Silicon bring-up experience.
• Experience in scripting with high level language like Python.
• Experience with Make-based build flows.

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.