Embedded Software Engineer - Pre/Post Silicon Validation

Job Role: Embedded Software Engineer – Pre/Post Silicon Validation

Experience: 5 to 12 Years

Location: Bangalore

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded C software, device drivers, and validation frameworks for SoC bring-up.
• Develop bare-metal and RTOS-based software to validate functionality, performance, and critical data paths.
• Understand and support SoC subsystems including Camera, Display, GPU, Memory, Security, and other embedded components.
• Build scalable software frameworks reusable across pre-silicon (Emulation/FPGA) and post-silicon environments.
• Collaborate with Architecture, RTL, Firmware, and Validation teams to align software with hardware design.
• Debug and optimize software on emulators, FPGA platforms, and silicon development boards.
• Contribute to software architecture, design reviews, coding standards, and technical documentation.
• Support silicon bring-up, subsystem enablement, and performance characterization activities.

Required Skills

• Strong proficiency in Embedded C Programming
• Experience in Device Driver Development
• Solid understanding of Embedded Systems and Low-Level Software Design
• Experience with peripherals such as UART, I2C, SPI, USB, eMMC, and I2S
• Strong knowledge of ARM Architecture and SoC Subsystems
• Experience with Bare-Metal Programming and Boot-Time Software
• Knowledge of RTOS concepts (FreeRTOS or similar)
• Experience with Git/Gerrit or similar version control tools
• Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills