Job Summary

At Kandou, we are redefining the economics of AI infrastructure. Our mission is to democratise AI by significantly reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of hardware systems, a critical barrier to scalable adoption. Our proprietary MIMO-over-copper technology powers a high-performance, chiplet-based AI memory fabric that is both scalable and energy-efficient. Unlike traditional interconnects, our solution reduces power consumption significantly while preserving high bandwidth and ultra-low latency, unlocking unprecedented efficiency for AI training and inference at scale.

Kandou's architecture is not just an incremental improvement; it's a foundational shift in how AI hardware is built for the future.

We are actively seeking an Embedded Software Engineer based in Hyderabad:

Requirements

- 7+ years experience in designing, coding and debugging real-time applications in C and/or C++ in an embedded environment
- Experience in porting and use of RTOS: Zephyr (preferred), FreeRTOS etc.
- Knowledge of RISC-V CPU architecture; experience writing bare-metal or RTOS-based firmware targeting RISC-V cores (RV32/RV64)
- Board and SoC bring-up with JTAG and other debug mechanisms
- FW Update, bootloaders, secure boot
- Debugging at application, driver and hardware levels
- Interfacing to hardware and peripherals: UART, SPI, I2C/SMBus, I3C
- Commitment to use of modern SW development and test workflow tools (CI / GitLab / Makefile / CMake / TDD etc.)




- Knowledge of management and sideband protocols including SMBus, I3C, MCTP, CMIS

Skills

- Working with Heterogeneous multicore systems, including both scalar and vector processors
- Real-world experience of high-speed signalling technologies: PCIe, CXL particularly link training, equalization and retimer/redriver interaction with host and device PHYs
- Firmware development for Active Electrical Cable (AEC) or retimer/redriver ASICs: cable diagnostics, eye margin monitoring, temperature/voltage telemetry and power-state management
- Memory and network interfacing, virtual memory, simulation and co-simulation
- Firmware Update approaches and algorithms
- Use of simulation and/or FPGAs for pre-silicon development

Responsibilities

- Develop, test and maintain Embedded Software for Kandou AI's recent ASIC products
- Real-time Firmware design on high-speed heterogeneous SoC platform
- Work with Architects and Lead engineers to design and implement according to system and module specifications
- Software design and support for our silicon design infrastructure and workflow
- Participate in and promote current best practices in test, review, integration, automation and delivery of quality software products

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📌 Embedded Software Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Kandou AI
📍 Hyderabad