Staff Pre-Silicon Firmware Engineer

at  Untether AI

The Hardware team at Untether is looking for a Senior or Staff Firmware engineer to work on low-level embedded firmware through all phases of the product life cycle.
Pre-silicon, you will influence architecture and develop firmware interfaces to allow cross-functional development across hardware, firmware and software teams. You will develop and maintain documentation of the code structure and interfaces and implement routines that initialize hardware modules in our leading-edge AI chips. You will use industry-standard interfaces such as PCIe and DDR, custom hardware developed by Untether AI, and board-level devices such as Power Management ICs. You, along with team members that you will mentor, will verify these routines pre-silicon using an RTL co-simulation framework. You will then help integrate these routines into a complete system involving boot code and system-level interfaces to be verified on FPGA or Emulation platforms.
Post-silicon, you will be one of the key engineers bringing our products to market. You will help with the validation and debugging of our chips and boards in our bring-up lab. You will have excellent development and debugging skills to root-cause problems and implement fixes.
Please note: this position requires in-person work at least twice a week at our HQ in Toronto

REQUIREMENTS

• BS/MS/PhD in EE/CE/CS, or equivalent
• 3+ years experience in firmware development for embedded processors and near real-time systems.
• 1+ years experience in RTL simulation (either development or design verification).
• Proven ability to develop and maintain high-quality design documents
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Experience with RTL simulation and pre-silicon firmware development
• Experience writing low-level firmware code (i.e. interacting with SoC IPs)
• Experience with leading junior engineers or interns
• Familiar with Register description languages or IP-XACT
• Familiar with RISC-V processor architecture and AMBA bus structures
• Familiar with debugging tools such as JTAG and gdb.
• Familiar with chip and board bring up activities.

• Contribute to and review hardware, software, and system architecture
• Develop firmware design documents based on technical requirements.
• Implement firmware and validate it in simulation, on FPGA/Emu, and on real silicon
• Enhance the tools and testbenches necessary for design development.
• Mentor one or more engineers or interns to assist in implementation and debug
• Work closely with hardware designers, software engineers, and project managers to achieve design goals and meet project timelines.