Pre-Silicon Firmware & Platform Software Engineer

Randstad Sourceright

5-10 Years

Not Disclosed

Hyderabad, India

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Job Description

Position: Pre-Silicon Firmware & Platform Software Engineer (IRT510ST RM 4410)

Work mode : Hybrid

Education : B.E. / B.Tech / M.E. / M.Tech in Computer Science, Electronics, or related discipline

Position Summary

Enable early firmware, BSP, driver, and software development on the virtual platform before silicon availability.

Key Responsibilities

AI Infrastructure System Modelling Support: Define software-visible behavior of virtualized hardware, and support integration of virtual devices and system components.
Customer Software / Firmware Enablement: Develop BSP and low-level firmware; develop device drivers and initialization sequences; enable boot flows on the virtual platform; develop software for PCIe/CXL/connectivity and memory components; execute software workloads against the VDK/VP; debug hardware/software interaction issues.

Required Technical Skills

5–10+ years of embedded / pre-silicon software experience.
C/C++.
Embedded Linux.
BSP development and device drivers.
Firmware development.
PCIe/CXL.
SoC architecture.
Virtual platforms.

Preferred Skills

SystemC/TLM.
Synopsys Virtualizer.
UCIe.
Bootloader development.
ARM/RISC-V.
AI accelerator software stack.
Python.

Project Experience: Hands-on BSP/firmware/driver development against a virtual platform or VDK ahead of silicon availability.

Soft Skills

Comfort operating in ambiguity before silicon/hardware is final.
Strong hardware/software debugging mindset and close collaboration with the platform architecture team.

Good to Have

Experience bringing up boot flows entirely on a virtual platform (Virtualizer/VDK) before first silicon.
ARM or RISC-V bootloader development experience.

Expected Deliverables