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# Firmware Team Leader

- **Company:** Centum
- **Location:** Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Linux, Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), SystemVerilog, Systems Integration, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Vivado, ModelSim, Git, Bare Metal, Software Defined Radio, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://es.trabajo.org/oferta-9000-636e35604f31ba3dfab1f7e4979fa130

## About the Role

RFSoC (PS side), including Linux BSP and bare-metal drivers, coordinating with embedded software engineer. - Establish and enforce firmware development best practices: version control, CI/CD, simulation, and verification flows. - Plan sprints, track deliverables, manage risk, and report progress to technical management. - Support system-level integration, debugging, and validation in lab environments. Requirements: - Bachelor's, master's degree or technical diploma in Telecommunication Engineering, or a relevant field. - 5 years in FPGA/firmware development (VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog). - Proven experience with Xilinx/AMD tools: Vivado, Vitis, IP Integrator. - Experience designing and integrating digital signal processing blocks in FPGA (filtering, decimation, data paths). - Knowledge of embedded Linux and ARM-based SoC architectures to define requirements, review deliverables, and provide technical direction to embedded SW engineers - FPGA simulation and
verification (ModelSim, Questa, cocotb). Git-based development flows; experience with CI/CD in HW projects is a plus. - 2 years leading or coordinating a firmware or embedded engineering team. - Ability to translate high-level requirements into concrete firmware tasks and milestones. - Experience working in agile or iterative hardware/firmware development environments. - Hands-on mindset - you are still comfortable writing and reviewing code every day. Soft skills: - Methodical and organized person. - Use to work in a dynamic and flexible environment. - Autonomy and responsibility. - Ability to take on new challenges. - Proactive attitude toward identifying risks and proposing solutions early. - Strong communicator: able to present technical tradeoffs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders. Other skills: - Exper

## Description

engineering team, with the clear purpose of improving people's lives. About the role: We are building a next-generation Software Defined Radio (SDR) platform based on Xilinx RFSoC technology and we are looking for a hands-on Firmware Team Leader to drive it forward. You will own the firmware architecture, lead a multidisciplinary team, and stay deeply involved in the technical work; writing, reviewing, and debugging firmware alongside your engineers. If you have a strong FPGA background and a passion for RF or communications systems, we want to hear from you. Key responsibilities: - Lead, mentor, and grow a firmware engineering team across the full product development cycle. - Define and own the firmware architecture for the RFSoC-based SDR platform (data path, control path, RF front-end integration). - Hands-on design and implementation of FPGA logic using VHDL, Verilog, and/or High-Level Synthesis (HLS). - Lead the development of embedded firmware running on the ARM cores of the


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