Job Description:
We are looking for a passionate and energetic software engineer to join our team at Altera ®. Altera is the pioneer of programmable logic solutions, enabling system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Altera combines the programmable logic technology with software tools , intellectual property, and customer support to provide high-value programmable solutions to many customers worldwide.
In this role, you will be researching/designing/developing/optimizing software for Quartus , the compiler that programs all current/next generation of Field Programmable Gate Array ( FPGA) devices .
- Quartus is used by all FPGA acceleration technologies (including High Level Synthesis, FPGA AI Suite, DSP Builder, etc)
- At the heart of Quartus is our Place and Route engine which is responsible for transforming HDL to bits such that a user's design is optimized for area and Fmax
- Cross-functional interactions with various customers (internal and external)
- Best of both worlds, hardware and software:
- Customer's hardware requirements: Fmax, throughput, timing closure and area
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Compiler SW optimizations: runtime and memory, including abstractions and frameworks for acceleration with the FPGA for domains such as deep learning, DSP algorithms, or data analytics
- Developing software support for successful routing of the latest next generation FPGA devices
- Owning various modules of the compiler from device modeling to timing closure to runtime
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Implementing new features in addition to root-causing and fixing the existing ones, while maneuvering your way through a big code base
- BS Degree with 2+ years of experience or MS Degree with 1+ years of experience in Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
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3+ years C/C++ programming experience in a Linux/Unix environment.
Regular
Shift
Shift 1 (Canada)
Primary Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Additional Locations:
Posting Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
@ Embedd 
What we're looking for
At embedd.it, we power hardware-software integration in embedded devices. We turn fragmented semiconductor chip data into configurable digital twins, then deterministically generate code, tests, and documentation – making integration faster, cheaper, and resilient to supply chain shocks.
We’re looking for a true legend – someone with abstract thinking and deep expertise in low-level software development. You’ll build vendor-agnostic tooling for MCU and peripheral integration to solve hardware-software integration once and for all. We work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generation, compilers, and machine learning. It’s your chance to help redefine how low-level development is done.
Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture of the driver structures and system layout
- Define scalable patterns for cross-architectural integration across bare-metal, Zephyr, Linux, and other environments
- Deconstruct complex SoC device trees and translate hardware descriptions into structured internal models for automated reasoning
- Partner with the ML team to shape data and annotation models for AI-driven data-extraction tooling
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Familiarity with firmware configuration, SoC bring-up, and system-level debugging
- Hands-on experience with code generation tools, or low-level compiler/decompiler/emulator technologies
- Strong background in embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, debuggers, and build systems
- Python or scripting for automation and tooling is a plus
- Experience with functional-safety standards is a plus
Why embedd.it?
- Dynamic, venture-backed team of engineers challenging the status quo 🚀
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generators, compilers, and ML 🤖
- Unusual challenges requiring out-of-the-box abstract thinking 🧠
- Competitive compensation: cash + equity 💰
- Remote work possible 🌍
About Us
embedd.it is a UK-based startup reinventing embedded development. Our platform transforms unstructured semiconductor data into structured digital twins, enabling automatic generation of drivers, tests, and documentation. We're building a single, traceable source of truth to make integration fast, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof.
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