SoC Firmware Engineer

Core Responsibilities

· Embedded Software Development: Plan, implement, and verify low-level software for embedded systems, including BSP, firmware drivers, and ROM code.

· RTOS Application and Driver Development: Develop device drivers for accelerators and heterogeneous multi-processor platform applications, as well as system services for operating systems such as Zephyr RTOS or FreeRTOS.

· Software/Hardware Co-design: Plan hardware accelerator usage models and software interfaces, including register definitions, task orchestration, and data flows.

· System Verification: Perform verification tasks related to firmware and hardware interactions, such as data flow profiling and hardware benchmarking.

· Embedded Security: Design and implement security mechanisms at the firmware level, including secure boot, trusted execution environments (TEE), and control flow integrity to ensure robust protection across the platform.

Testing and Automation

· Hardware Simulation and Emulation: Verify software functionality and hardware interactions using simulation and emulation environments, including Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) setups and hardware debugging tools.

· Continuous Integration and Test Frameworks: Develop and maintain test frameworks and test vectors for embedded systems; integrate automated testing pipelines with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.

Collaboration and Documentation

· Hardware Interaction: Work closely with hardware teams to ensure seamless software-hardware integration and accurate testing scenarios.

· Documentation: Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including testing procedures, logs, and reports for software and hardware validation.