Senior R&D; Engineer

Location Bangalore, India

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer to join the SiConic R&D; team. The candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining PCIe platform software, hardware control services, device management APIs, and validation frameworks used for next-generation silicon validation, DFT, and test engineering solutions.

The role involves working closely with global R&D; teams, hardware architects, firmware developers, and customer engineering groups to deliver scalable and robust software solutions for the SiConic ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain PCIe platform software, drivers, and hardware control services.
- Develop APIs for PCIe switch, retimer, board management controller (BMC), and platform management functions.
- Work on Linux-based software stacks, hardware abstraction layers, and device communication frameworks.
- Implement and optimize PCIe enumeration, configuration, topology discovery, and platform management features.
- Develop and enhance JTAG/SWD/GPIO/UART/SPI based debug and control capabilities.
- Investigate, debug, and resolve complex software, firmware, and hardware interaction issues.
- Create automated validation and qualification tests for PCIe, platform management, and system software features.
- Perform root cause analysis of customer-reported defects and field issues.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on architecture reviews, feature design, and software integration.
- Contribute to software quality through unit testing, code reviews, CI/CD, and automation.
- Develop technical documentation, API specifications, and design documents.




- Support customer enablement activities, proof-of-concepts, and new platform bring-up.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in Linux software development.
- Strong programming skills in C/C++.
- Positive knowledge of Python scripting and automation.
- Strong understanding of PCIe architecture and protocols.
- Experience with Linux device drivers and kernel-level development.
- Experience with embedded Linux environments.
- Familiarity with hardware/software interaction and debugging.
- Experience using Git and modern software development processes.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with PCIe switches, retimers, DMA, Root Complex, and Endpoint architectures.
- Knowledge of JTAG, SWD, UART, SPI, I2C, and low-level hardware interfaces.
- Experience with FPGA-based platforms and silicon validation environments.
- Experience working with semiconductor validation or ATE environments.
- Knowledge of CI/CD, Bazel, Docker/Podman, and automated test infrastructure.
- Experience working in global cross-functional R&D; teams.

Technical Skills

Programming

- C, C++, Python
- Linux Shell Scripting

Protocols & Interfaces

- PCIe Gen4/Gen5/Gen6
- JTAG, SWD
- SPI, I2C, UART
- Ethernet

Platforms

- Linux
- Embedded Systems
- FPGA-based Validation Platforms

Tools

- Git
- Jenkins/CI-CD
- Debuggers and Trace Tools
- Protocol Analyzers

Share your profile to [email protected] or contact number (phone hidden)-Ms. Deeptha Varadharajan

📌 Senior R&D Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Advantest
📍 Bengaluru