Position Summary
We are seeking an accomplished
Firmware Architecture Leader
to define and drive the firmware technology vision for next-generation SoC, platform, and system products. This leader will own firmware architecture strategy across multiple product lines, enabling scalable, secure, power-effective, and high-performance platforms from pre-silicon architecture through post-silicon deployment.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in firmware, embedded systems, SoC architecture, power/performance optimization, platform software, and silicon enablement with the ability to lead globally distributed engineering organizations. This role will influence executive technology decisions, drive architecture governance, and partner closely with silicon, hardware, software, validation, product management, and customer engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities
Firmware Technology Leadership
- Define and execute the long-term firmware architecture roadmap aligned with business and product strategies.
- Establish technology direction for platform firmware, power management firmware,



device initialization, boot architecture, system management, security, and hardware abstraction layers.
- Drive architectural innovation for next-generation SoCs and platform solutions.
- Lead technical strategy reviews and architecture councils across multiple engineering organizations.

Architecture & Product Development
- Own firmware architecture across silicon generations and product families.
- Guide architecture decisions for:
- UEFI/BIOS
- Boot firmware
- SoC management firmware
- Power and thermal management
- Security firmware
- Embedded controllers
- RTOS-based platforms
- Firmware update frameworks
- Ensure scalability, portability, maintainability, reliability, and security by design.
- Drive system-level tradeoffs considering performance, power, area, cost, and schedule.

Silicon & Platform Enablement
- Partner with silicon architects to define hardware-software co-design st

📌 Firmware Architecture Leader (Bengaluru)
🏢 Ascendion
📍 Bengaluru