Embedded Software Engineer

Summary Description:

Syntiant Corp., a leader in the high-growth AI software and semiconductor solutions space, is looking for an experienced and talented Embedded Software Engineer to take on a critical role with expansive responsibilities to enhance the Embedded Software function in a growing organization.

The Embedded Software Engineer will be responsible helping us create groundbreaking AI solutions for Syntiant award-winning neural accelerators. We are looking for passionate and talented technical contributors who have experience designing and implementing world-class embedded firmware, low-level systems software, and device driver programming. People selected will have the opportunity to contribute their creative ideas and lead several key projects and collaborate with an experienced team of scientists and engineers coming from companies like AWS AI, Microsoft, Broadcom, Qualcomm, and Bell Labs.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Research, prototype, design, and implement components at all layers of the system, for instance, kernel, synchronization primitives, resource allocators, security, persistence.
• Participate in design reviews, SDK development, and documentation.
• Bring up new devices and lead performance measurement and debugging initiatives.
• Take full ownership of driving our partners on active engagements.

Qualifications, Education, and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with C/C++ in embedded systems.
• 3+ years of professional experience in building frameworks for Linux--based embedded systems in C/C++.
• 4+ years of experience with software and hardware platforms in Linux, Android, RTOS.
• Proficient in Python, shell scripting, Git, CI/CD tools.
• Experience with SPI, I2C, I2S, etc. peripherals.
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills.
• Passionate about Machine Learning solutions on edge devices.

About Syntiant:

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Syntiant Corp. is a leader in delivering hardware and software solutions for edge AI deployment. The company’s purpose-built silicon and hardware-agnostic models are being deployed globally to power edge AI speech, audio, sensor and vision applications across a wide range of consumer and industrial use cases, from earbuds to automobiles. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors. Syntiant also provides compute-efficient software solutions with proprietary model architectures that enable world-leading inference speed and minimized memory footprint across a broad range of processors. The company is backed by several of the world’s leading strategic and financial investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12, Applied Ventures, Bosch Ventures, the Amazon Alexa Fund, and Atlantic Bridge Capital. More information on the company can be found by visiting www.syntiant.com.