Challenges are our drive, innovation our calling. We at Kandou are a team of passionate accomplished professionals making a mark in the semiconductor industry. We're an innovative leader in high-speed and energy efficient chip-chip link solutions critical to the evolution of the electronics industry, continuously developing to meet the demands of not just the customers of today, but of tomorrow too. If you love to be part of a high-tech scale-up and are motivated by pushing your limits and challenging the status quo, we have an opportunity for you. We are actively seeking an Embedded SW (Firmware) Engineer, based in CH, UK, DE Responsibilities: Develop, test and maintain Embedded Software for Kandou’s new ASIC products Real-time Firmware design on high-speed heterogeneous SoC platform Work with Architects and Lead engineers to design and implement according to system and module specifications Software design and support for our silicon design infrastructure and workflow Participate in and promote current best practices in test, review, integration, automation and delivery of quality software products Essential Experience: 7 years’ experience in designing, coding and debugging real-time applications in C and/or C++ in an embedded environment Proficiency in at least one modern scripting language – eg. Python Experience in porting and use of RTOS; Zephyr, FreeRTOS etc. Working with Embedded SoC systems using baremetal, RTOS or Linux Board and SoC bringup with JTAG and other debug mechanisms Debugging at application, driver and hardware levels Interfacing to hardware and peripherals: SPI, I2C/SMBus, JTAG Commitment to use of modern SW development and test workflow tools (CI/gitlab/makefile/CMake/TDD etc.) Good documentation, organisational, presentation and mentoring skills Strong motivation for learning new skills and knowledge areas Useful Experience: Working with Heterogeneous multicore systems, including both scalar and vector processors Real-world experience of high-speed signalling technologies; PCIe, CXL Memory and network interfacing, virtual memory, simulation and co-simulation Firmware Update approaches and algorithms Knowledge of communication protocols including mctp HyperBus and HyperRAM technologies Use of simulation and/or FPGAs for pre-silicon development Understanding of SerDes technology Appreciation of Cryptographic algorithms and disciplines If this is the role you have been looking for and you want to be part of a growing Company, with an exciting future then we would love to hear from you. Together We Kandou It