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-productive. 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:

Experience
7+ years' experience in designing, coding and debugging real-time applications in C and/or C++ in an embedded setting
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 contemporary 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 mana

📌 Embedded Software Engineer Hyderabad
🏢 Kandou AI
📍 Hyderabad