Principal Engineer-Firmware Development

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Job Description:

We are seeking a selfmotivated and energetic engineer to join our firmware and software this role you will contribute to the design development unit testing and verification of our industryleading Switchtec SystemonChip (SoC) PCI Express (PCIe) switching products. Youll collaborate with team members across multiple sites working within an agile environment that values technical excellence teamwork and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Analyze product requirements; design develop integrate debug and verify security featuresincluding secure boot attestation and secure manufacturingas part of production-level PCIe Switch firmware on an SoC platform
• Collaborate with other firmware teams and interact with chip design emulation validation and application engineering teams on pre-silicon development and post-silicon bring-up debugging troubleshooting and customer support
• Utilize analyzers oscilloscopes probes built-in firmware tools logging utilities and other forensic capture tools to troubleshoot problems
• Write comprehensive technical documentation and customer user guides
• Coach junior firmware engineers on design reviews code reviews process enforcement and continuous improvement

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• At least 5 years of embedded firmware development experience
• Strong proficiency in C and at least one assembly language programming
• Expert in peripheral driver development for GPIO I2C/SMBus I3C UART SPI USB NOR flash and other common accessories; strong knowledge of SoC RTOS multithreading and SMP firmware development
• Expertise in at least one RISC CPU architecture and its instruction set
• Familiarity with security standards specifications and regulations is preferred such as FIPS NIST DICE CNSA or Common Criteria as well as security architectures and features in embedded systems including secure boot attestation and supply-chain security
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with strong documentation skills
• Selfmotivated teamoriented and resourceful with the ability to achieve goals with minimal supervision

Value-add Qualifications

• Ability to leverage AIassisted tools to generate review and improve code
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and agile development practices
• Proven ability to lead cross-site teams and mentor engineers in complex firmware projects

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay restricted stock units and quarterly bonus addition to these components our package includes health benefits that begin day one retirement savings plans and an industry leading IESPP program with a 6-month look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position is $86000-$186000.*

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