Principal Engineer - System Control Firmware
Location: Santa Clara, CA, United States
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Description
Invent the future with us.
Recognized by Fast Company’s 2023 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators List, Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient, sustainable cloud computing.
By providing a new level of predictable performance, efficiency, and sustainability Ampere is working with leading cloud suppliers and a growing partner ecosystem to deliver cloud instances, servers and embedded/edge products that can handle the compute demands of today and tomorrow.
Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team — we’d love to have you apply!
The Role
Ampere Computing is seeking dynamic candidates for a System Control Firmware Engineer role! In this position, you will have growth opportunities and wide-ranging ownership responsibilities to make highly visible contributions to your team and our company as a whole!
What you'll Achieve
- Design and develop System Control Processor FW for Ampere ARM® server SoCs.
- Develop specs and design documents as needed.
- Write RTOS multi-threaded devices.
- Integrate code into virtual platform environment and debug functionality.
- Work with HW design teams and bring up Pre-Silicon software support on HW emulation system.
- Post-silicon bring up of System Control Processor FW.
- Debug, root cause, and resolve SW bugs across multiple subsystems (firmware/OS) and drive them to a resolution.
- Support multiple platforms and projects for internal and external customers.
- Work with ODMs to implement FW features in SoC Reference Platforms.
- Interact with Field Application Engineers to address customer issues.
About You
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field & 8 years of related experience; or Master's degree & 6 years
- Minimum of 6 years' experience with strong and demonstrable skill in C/C++.
- Multi-threaded programming experience required.
- Strong analytical, debugging, and testing methodology skills required.
- Experience with 32-bit/64-bit in ARM® architecture required.
- Experience with firmware, BIOS/UEFI, Linux, Windows software development.
- Strong understanding of system power management a plus.
- Knowledge of server hardware interfaces (SPI, I2C, DDR3/4/5, PCIe) expected.
- Strong security, crypto, and secure boot knowledge is a plus.
- Intimate knowledge of software development process methodology expected.
- Experience with RTOS, Zephyr preferred.
- Experience with SCM, GIT, Jenkins, BugZilla, and JIRA are an added plus.
- Experience using JTAG with TRACE32 or OpenOCD debuggers.
- Experience with Python and Bash scripting preferred.
- Experience with Kconfig, DeviceTree, and CMake preferred.
- Experience with the product lifecycle. Ability to drive features from requirements to a product.
- Experience in writing sustainable/maintainable quality code.
- Ability to efficiently debug, root cause, and resolve issues spanning multiple subsystems. Proven ability to own problems and drive them to a resolution.
- Self-managed individual with experience in Agile Software development process.
- Experience with ARM® bring-up and boot sequence preferred.
- Experience with customer interaction and issue diagnostics preferred.
What we’ll offer
At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The full base pay range for this role is between $135,400 and $225,600, except in the San Francisco Bay Area where the range is between $146,300 and $243,800. We offer an annual bonus program tied to internal company goals and annual meritocratic equity awards that enable our employees to participate in the success of the company.
And there is much more than compensation and benefits. At Ampere, we foster an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more. We are passionate about inventing industry leading cloud-native designs that contribute to a more sustainable future. We are excited to share more about our career opportunities with you through the interview process.
Our benefits include health, wellness, and financial programs that support employees through every stage of life, with full benefits eligibility at 20 hours per week. Benefits highlights include:
Premium medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, as well as income protection and a 401K retirement plan, so that you can feel secure in your health and financial future
- Unlimited Flextime and 10+ paid holidays so that you can embrace a healthy work-life balance
- A variety of healthy snacks, energizing espresso, and refreshing drinks to keep you fueled and focused throughout the day
And there is much more than compensation and benefits. At Ampere, we foster an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more. We are passionate about inventing industry leading cloud-native designs that contribute to a more sustainable future. We are excited to share more about our career opportunities with you through the interview process.
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Ampere is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, veteran and/or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
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