Sr. Staff Engineer, Firmware
Own the firmware development lifecycle for Ayar Labs' co-packaged optics products in Bengaluru (on-site): designing and optimizing bare-metal embedded C firmware for electronic-photonic chips with high-speed SerDes, driving silicon bring-up and hardware validation, and mentoring junior engineers.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bengaluru, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Category
- Embedded
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field with 6+ years of relevant industry experience
- Proven expertise in bare-metal embedded firmware development with strong C programming skills
- Hands-on, proactive approach; thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
- Experience with various microcontrollers and firmware debugging tools
- Experience estimating memory and CPU clock rate requirements
- Proficiency with modern version control workflows (e.g., Git)
- Familiarity with project management tools (JIRA) and CI/CD tools
- Ability to own architecture and development of firmware modules from scratch
- Silicon bring-up experience
- Experience scripting with a high-level language like Python
- Experience with Make-based build flows
Nice to have
- Embedded firmware development experience for high-speed electronics and photonics applications
- Silicon bring-up experience for high-speed SerDes and photonics applications
Full description
Sr. Staff Engineer, Embedded Firmware
Location: Bangaluru (on-site, hours flexible)
Ayar Labs is shattering AI data bottlenecks by moving data at the speed of light. As pioneers of co-packaged optics (CPO), we are using light instead of electricity to move data faster, further, and with a fraction of the energy needed to fuel the explosive growth of AI models.
Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, AMD, Mediatek and Intel and manufactured in partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor ecosystem, Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics solution is key to unleashing next-generation AI scale-up architectures.
We are seeking an exceptional Firmware Engineer to own the firmware development lifecycle for our groundbreaking products.
In this critical role, you will drive firmware design from inception to customer deployment, ensuring seamless hardware validation and integration. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your expertise in embedded systems, multi-chip package environments, and high-speed SerDes to shape the future of optical interconnect.
Essential Functions:
- Collaborate closely with analog/mixed-signal, digital, and photonic block designers to develop sophisticated control algorithms for our photonic circuits and establish the micro-architecture and embedded requirements for our multi-chip package systems.
- Drive embedded firmware development: Design, develop, and optimize firmware for controlling complex electronic-photonic chips featuring multiple high-speed SerDes.
- Provide Technical Leadership: Mentor and guide junior engineers, contributing to their professional growth and development.
- Partner effectively with diverse teams, including hardware, software, validation and systems engineers, to achieve project goals.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field with 6+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Proven expertise in bare-metal embedded firmware development, with strong programming skills in C.
- Hands-on, proactive approach with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment.
- Experience with various microcontrollers and firmware debugging tools.
- Experience estimating memory and CPU clock rate requirements.
- Proficiency with modern version control workflows (e.g., Git).
- Familiarity with project management tools (JIRA), and CI/CD tools.
- Ability to own architecture and development of firmware modules from scratch.
- Silicon bring-up experience