Firmware Lead / Firmware Manager SoC Development

Designation: Firmware Lead / Firmware Manager SoC Development Type of Position: Regular, Exempt Experience: 815 Years Reports To: CEO/VP Engineering Location: Bangalore, India Job Description: The Firmware Lead/Manager will own the architecture, development, integration, and delivery of firmware required to bring complex mixed-signal and wireless SoCs from silicon to production. The role includes close collaboration with Architecture, RTL Design, Analog/Mixed-Signal, Verification, Physical Design, DFT, Software, Applications Engineering, and Product Engineering teams. The successful candidate should have hands-on experience with ARM subsystems, boot firmware, BSP development, device drivers, wireless firmware, silicon bring-up, and production firmware. Key Responsibilities: SoC Firmware Architecture: Define the firmware architecture for ARM-based SoCs.Develop scalable firmware frameworks supporting multiple product families.Partition functionality between hardware, firmware, and software.Review hardware architecture and influence SoC feature definitions.Establish coding standards, architecture guidelines, and firmware design principles. ARM Subsystem Development: Boot ROM integrationSecure boot implementationBootloader developmentException handlingInterrupt controller configurationMMU/MPU configurationCache managementPower managementClock initializationMemory initialization (SRAM, DDR, Flash)Low-power modesTrustZone (preferred)Knowledge of ARM CMSIS, ARM Trusted Firmware, U-Boot, TF-A, OP-TEE (preferred). Firmware Development: Power ManagementClock ManagementReset ControllerGPIOTimersWatchdogUARTSPII2CI3C (preferred)CAN (preferred)USBEthernetDMAADCDACPWMRTCSensor InterfacesInterrupt ControllersMemory Controllers Wireless Firmware: BLE 5.xWiFi (5/6 preferred)RF calibrationRadio initializationWireless coexistenceRF test modesPHY/MAC interactionConnection managementOTA updatesLow-power wireless operationBluetooth SIG integrationWiFi driver integrationProtocol debuggingRF production testing Mixed-Signal Firmware: High-resolution ADCsSigma-Delta ADCsAFESensor calibrationOffset/Gain correctionTemperature compensationDiagnosticsCalibration algorithmsSelf-testFactory calibrationProduction trimming ISP & Vision: Camera sensorsMIPI CSIISP initializationCamera driversImage pipelineSensor tuningVision AI interfaces BSP Development: Board Support PackagesDevice driversStartup codeRTOS integrationLinux BSP (preferred)Peripheral abstractionMiddlewareFreeRTOSZephyrThreadXEmbedded LinuxYocto (preferred) Silicon Bring-Up: FPGA prototypingEmulationFirst silicon bring-upEngineering validationCharacterizationProduction qualificationBoard bring-upJTAGBoundary scanFirmware diagnosticsRegister validationHardware debugging Firmware Validation: FunctionalIntegrationRegressionProductionManufacturing diagnosticsStressBenchmarkingPower measurements Security Firmware: Secure BootSecure Firmware UpdateCrypto accelerationHardware Root of TrustKey managementSecure storageAuthenticationAnti-rollbackSecure debug AI Accelerator: NPUDSPAI runtimeAI schedulerMemory managerTensor loadingInference executionPower optimization Firmware Lifecycle: RequirementsArchitectureDesignCodingUnit testingCode reviewIntegrationVerificationHardware valid Designation: Firmware Lead / Firmware Manager SoC Development Type of Position: Regular, Exempt Experience: 815 Years Reports To: CEO/VP Engineering Location: Bangalore, India Job Description: The Firmware Lead/Manager will own the architecture, development, integration, and delivery of firmware required to bring complex mixed-signal and wireless SoCs from silicon to production. The role includes close collaboration with Architecture, RTL Design, Analog/Mixed-Signal, Verification, Physical Design, DFT, Software, Applications Engineering, and Product Engineering teams. The successful candidate should have hands-on experience with ARM subsystems, boot firmware, BSP development, device drivers, wireless firmware, silicon bring-up, and production firmware. Key Responsibilities: SoC Firmware Architecture: Define the firmware architecture for ARM-based SoCs.Develop scalable firmware frameworks supporting multiple product families.Partition functionality between hardware, firmware, and software.Review hardware architecture and influence SoC feature definitions.Establish coding standards, architecture guidelines, and firmware design principles. ARM Subsystem Development: Boot ROM integrationSecure boot implementationBootloader developmentException handlingInterrupt controller configurationMMU/MPU configurationCache managementPower managementClock initializationMemory initialization (SRAM, DDR, Flash)Low-power modesTrustZone (preferred)Knowledge of ARM CMSIS, ARM Trusted Firmware, U-Boot, TF-A, OP-TEE (preferred). Firmware Development: Power ManagementClock ManagementReset ControllerGPIOTimersWatchdogUARTSPII2CI3C (preferred)CAN (preferred)USBEthernetDMAADCDACPWMRTCSensor InterfacesInterr