High-Speed Peripheral Firmware Lead

Highlights

• Lead firmware for custom AI accelerator from pre-silicon to production silicon.
• Own bring-up and tuning of high-speed peripherals for frontier inference hardware.
• Shape future silicon generations alongside ASIC architects and RTL engineers.

What they offer

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
• Housing subsidy of $2.5k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
• Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
• Daily lunch + dinner in our office
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

Ideal candidate

Hands-on low-level leader who loves owning critical firmware and debugging tough hardware problems alongside architects. You mentor engineers while staying deep in code and shaping future silicon.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• Strong C/C++ programming skills and low-level software engineering fundamentals
• Experience developing firmware or drivers that interact directly with hardware
• Experience working with ASICs, SoCs, embedded processors, or complex hardware platforms
• Deep technical knowledge of at least one high-speed interface, such as PCIe, HBM, Ethernet, or a similar peripheral
• Experience with hardware initialization, register-level programming, and debugging hardware/software interactions
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, memory systems, concurrency, and performance
• Experience owning complex firmware components and making technical design decisions
• Ability to work closely with ASIC architects, RTL engineers, and hardware validation teams
• Experience providing technical direction, reviewing designs, and mentoring other engineers