Senior Principal Engineer (Software/Firmware)
I8IS INC
Santa Clara, United States of America
7 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
$ 260KJob location
Santa Clara, United States of America
Tech stack
JIRA
Booting (BIOS)
C++
Continuous Integration
Software Debugging
Embedded Software
Firmware
Python
Release Management
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Gitlab
Job description
- Firmware Lifecycle Management: Manage firmware for coherent optical modules, including bring-up, calibration, validation, and production release.
- Feature Design: Architect and implement features including hitless firmware upgrades, bootloader design, and hardware adaptation layers.
- Collaboration: Work closely with DSP, hardware, ATE, and test engineering teams to ensure seamless integration.
- Customer & Technical Support: Act as a technical expert to respond to customer inquiries and debug complex field issues across hardware/firmware boundaries.
Requirements
- Experience: 15+ years in embedded software/firmware architecture, design, and implementation.
- Core Expertise: Deep, hands-on experience in coherent optical module firmware and SoC-based embedded platforms.
- Technical Skills: Expert-level proficiency in C/C++ firmware development and Python-based scripting.
- System Knowledge: Strong background in bootloader design and debugging.
- Tools & Flow: Proficiency with Jira, GitLab, and CI/CD-based release flows.