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Principal Firmware Engineer

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-15 Pune Full-time Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market ₹200,000–₹350,000/mo

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Principal Firmware Engineer to lead the design, development, and optimization of embedded systems. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Secure Boot, RTOS, Linux kernel, device drivers, peripheral interfaces, and bus protocols, as well as open-source software development. This role requires strong problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve complex hardware and software issues while ensuring security, performance, and scalability of embedded solutions.

Responsibilities

  • ● Architect, develop, and optimize embedded software solutions for secure and high-performance systems.
  • ● Implement and maintain Secure Boot, and other security measures for embedded platforms.
  • ● Work on RTOS environment and Linux kernel driver development, including optimizing device drivers and upstreaming.
  • ● Develop and integrate software for various peripheral interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, USB, SGPIO, eSPI, etc.) and bus protocols (PCIe, Ethernet, etc.).
  • ● Diagnose and resolve complex hardware and software issues, leveraging debugging tools and methodologies.
  • ● Conduct performance analysis and tuning of embedded software systems to ensure efficiency and reliability.
  • ● Define and implement scalable and maintainable embedded software architectures.
  • ● Engage in open-source development, contributing to Linux or similar embedded software projects.
  • ● Work closely with hardware engineers, security experts, and system architects to develop robust embedded solutions.
  • ● Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices for embedded software development.

Requirements

  • ● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • ● 20+ years of experience in embedded software development, with a strong background in C/C++.
  • ● Expertise in Root of Trust (RoT), Secure Boot, and cryptographic security principles.
  • ● Extensive experience with RTOS, Linux kernel, and device driver development.
  • ● Strong debugging skills using JTAG, GDB, and other embedded debugging tools.
  • ● Experience in performance profiling and optimization for embedded systems.
  • ● Proven ability to diagnose hardware and software interaction issues.
  • ● Experience in open-source Linux development or similar community-driven software projects.
  • ● Strong understanding of system-level software architecture and real-time performance constraints.
  • ● Hands-on experience with peripheral interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, USB, etc.) and bus protocols (PCIe, Ethernet, etc.) driver development.
  • ● Experience in Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is a plus.
  • ● Proven ability to debug low-level PCIe issues using analyzers is a plus.
  • ● In-depth knowledge of PCIe protocol, including, root port, SRIOV.
  • ● Familiarity with machine learning acceleration on embedded platforms.
  • ● Experience with hardware bring-up and board support packages (BSPs).
  • ● Knowledge of Yocto, Buildroot, and other Linux build systems.