Designation -Pre-Silicon Firmware & Platform Software Engineer

Experience Level: 5–10+ Years

Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad (Hybrid)

Position SummaryEnable 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.

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

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.

Valuable 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• BSP, low-level firmware, and device drivers running on the virtual platform.

•Validated boot flows and software workloads executed against the VDK/VP.

- Documented hardware/software interaction issues and debug findings.

Interested candidates may share resumes at [email protected](Immediate to 30-day notice period candidates preferred).

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