Embedded Software Engineer

Position Details:

• Job Title: Embedded Software Engineer
• Location: Sunnyvale, CA or Redmond, WA (100% Onsite)
• Duration: 6+ Months Contract (Extension Possible)

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in SoC validation, hardware/software testing, and debugging
• Strong expertise in Power & Performance characterization of SoCs using Pre-Si and Post-Si tools
• Hands-on experience with:
• Synopsys PrimeTime Power Analysis
• National Instruments Data Acquisition (NiDAQ)
• Embedded software development using C/C++ for Bare Metal, RTOS, and Linux environments
• Strong understanding of:
• ARM CPU architecture
• AMBA SoC architecture
• Boot flows and SoC initialization
• Experience with silicon bring-up and board debugging
• Familiarity with protocols such as MIPI, PCIe, USB, I2C, SPMI, UART, and GPIO
• Knowledge of Operating Systems, data structures, algorithms, and multithreaded programming
• Scripting experience using Python and/or Bash

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform power estimation, measurement, and optimization of SoC platforms
• Lead hardware/software validation efforts and debug complex system failures
• Collaborate with Software, Firmware, Silicon, System Hardware, and Architecture teams
• Develop comprehensive validation strategies and test plans
• Debug and correlate silicon data with architectural specifications
• Develop low-level drivers and RTOS-based validation workloads
• Bring up pre-silicon prototypes and validate functional and plug-and-play features
• Support low-power SoC bring-up, system hardware validation, and board debugging

Utilize debugging tools such as RTL waveforms, Lauterbach, transaction-level models, and lab equipment to isolate and resolve issues