Senior or Staff Embedded Software Engineer

The role

You will build embedded firmware in C and scalable Python-based validation infrastructure. You will work on the validation stack including low-level firmware, automation frameworks, data systems, and customer-facing debug tools.

What you will do

• Design and implement Python-based validation frameworks, drivers, and automation tools
• Build and maintain scalable validation infrastructure, including regression systems
• Design device drivers, board-support packages, hardware interfaces, and low-level firmware
• Develop GUIs and tools for customer debug and evaluation kits
• Create and maintain databases for test logs, results, and analysis
• Debug system-level issues across firmware, software, and hardware interfaces
• Collaborate with hardware, validation, and silicon teams during bring-up and testing
• Develop embedded firmware in C for microcontrollers

Required qualifications

• B.S or M.S. in electrical engineering or related fields
• 7+ years of bring-up/embedded firmware level SW development experience
• Strong Python skills for automation, scripting, and test framework development
• Experience with embedded system bring-up and debugging
• Familiarity with communication interfaces: I2C, SPI, I3C, JTAG
• Experience automating and controlling lab instruments (DMMs, Oscilloscopes, Power supplies, etc.)
• Solid understanding of embedded systems fundamentals (interrupts, peripherals, timing, etc.)
• Experience with databases for validation data management
• Experience developing GUI applications

Nice to have

• Experience in one or more areas such as wireless, networking, motor control, power management, sensors, security, bootloaders, or high-performance compute
• Silicon bring-up experience
• Firmware programming and debug
• Manufacturing deployment and debug experience
• Ability to read schematics and support board-level debug (analog/digital)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• stock option grant
• Health
• dental
• vision
• 401(k)

About the company

Powerlattice is a well-funded semiconductor start-up company backed by well-known large Silicon Valley VCs. The company is working on a chiplet solution for high-performance chips.