Required Competencies - Experience
Strong professional experience in firmware development or embedded software development in a RTOS environment.
Demonstrable experience in porting and use of RTOS; Zephyr, FreeRTOS
Detailed experience with SoC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, board initialization, peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, SMBUS, UART.
Proven experience working with multiple teams on Root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging skills resulting into solving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues
Familiarity with PCIe/CXL validation and debugging is a big plus.
Demonstrable experience of hardware and firmware architecture, design and coding for solutions at scale.
Experience performing thorough code reviews, unit testing, and documentation.
Proficiency with modern Software development and test workflows (CI/gitlab/makefile/CMake/TDD etc.)
Required Competencies - Skills
Strong programming skills in C/C++ for embedded systems. Good understanding of Linux kernel internals and driver architecture.
Solid knowledge of CPU architecture (ex. ARM, ARC, RISC-V), memory map, and register-level programming and debugging
Demonstrable experience with software development for systems with Linux OS or multi-threaded RTOS environments.
Good knowledge of bootloaders and boot sequence and Experience in board bring-up and hardware debugging
Exposure to high-speed signalling technologies: PCIe, CXL
Exposure to ASIC hardware validation & debugging
Familiarity with scripting languages (Python/Shell) for automation
Familiarity with debugging tools: JTAG, UART, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer.
Strong working knowledge of version control tools (Git)
Good knowledge of Baseboard Management Controller systems; OpenBMC, OpenBIC
Good understanding of computer architectures including processors, buses, and memories.
Ability to collaborate with hardware, validation, and application teams for end-to-end integration