Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Board Support Package (BSP) development

• Create and customize BSPs: Design, develop, and maintain the software package that enables the operating system to interface with and run on a specific hardware board.
• Bootloader development and porting: Work on low-level software like bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot), customizing them for new hardware platforms to handle the initial boot sequence.
• Operating system integration: Port, configure, and optimize embedded operating systems (like Linux, Android, or an RTOS) for the custom hardware, including adapting the kernel and file system.
• Driver development: Write and integrate device drivers that allow the OS to communicate with and control various hardware components and peripherals (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe).

2. Board and device bring-up

• Initial board bring-up: Be one of the first engineers to get the new hardware board running. This involves low-level code that verifies the initial functionality of the CPU, memory, and critical peripherals.
• Collaborate with hardware teams: Work closely with hardware engineers during the design phase (e.g., reviewing schematics) and during bring-up to debug and resolve board-level issues.
• Test and validation: Design and execute test cases to validate hardware functionality across a range of operating conditions (e.g., voltage, temperature).
• Troubleshooting and debugging: Use specialized lab equipment, such as JTAG debuggers, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers, to perform root-cause analysis on complex hardware-software issues.

3. System integration

• Cross-functional collaboration: Work with multiple teams, including hardware design, firmware, and application software developers, to ensure a smooth integration process.
• Optimize performance: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in the low-level software to improve the overall speed, responsiveness, and power efficiency of the system.
• Generate build images: Create bootable OS images for the custom hardware, often using build systems like the Yocto Project or Buildroot.
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including bring-up procedures, test reports, and design specifications.

Key Skills and Qualifications

• System-Level Development (C/C++): Experience developing SoC Coreboot, BSP, Device Driver, UEFI, Bootloader for Device bring-up and diagnostics.
• Graphics, Display, Camera & Audio drivers
• Hardware Integration & Device Bring-Up: Lead hardware bring-up, device drivers, silicon integration, and manage peripheral drivers and power/performance optimization. Hardware brings up using interfaces like ADC, GPIO, SPI, I2C, etc.
• Debugging: Debug hardware, firmware, system-level, multi-component issues spanning Linux kernel to application.
• SoC and MCU: Experience with Qualcomm (XR2, AR1), Mediatek SoCs, MCUs (STMicro (STM32N6), NXP, Renesas, Infineon) for Products like (AR/VR), Smart Glasses, Wrist Bands and Smart watches.
• Technical Qualifications: Requires a Computer/Electronics Engineering degree with 3-6 years in C/C++, OS, embedded systems, or driver development.

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