Principal Engineer - Firmware

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Job Description:

The candidate will join the rapidly growing Data Center Solutions (DCS) business unit at Microchip. DCS has a broad portfolio of products being broadly deployed today by the industry’s cutting-edge server/storage OEMs and hyperscale datacenters. Customers deploy DCS solutions into applications ranging from Big Data capacity storage to artificial intelligence and machine learning that are helping to shape the next digital age. Our product portfolio includes SAS/PCIe/NVMe/CXL products that connect, manage and secure the world’s information, including Flash Controllers, High Performance Switches, RAID Controllers and Memory Controllers. Join a team where you can expand your skill set and drive key elements of the industry’s technology leadership.

Job Description

We are looking for an energetic and self-motivated engineer to work as a firmware and software team member on the analysis, design, development, verification, and release of best-in-class firmware and the collaterals to our Switchtec - a System-on-Chip (SoC) PCI Express (PCIe) and Compute Express Link (CXL) secured switching product. You will also collaborate with Microchip’s global silicon design, emulation, validation, application engineering and marketing teams for successful product deliveries.

The code we develop, amongst other features, configures and monitors Microchip switching devices that support the connection of multiple hosts and CPU entities to multiple AL/ML accelerators and storage endpoints, including GPU, FPGA- or other ASIC-based accelerator, NVMe, NIC, Memory and the like that are widely used in cloud & hyperscale data center, video game streaming, enterprise storage and fabric systems. Our focus is on technical excellence, teamwork, collaboration, and continuous improvements in an open and encouraging environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze product requirements, design, develop, integrate, debug, and verify state-of-the-art quality firmware modules as a part of production level PCIe Switch firmware
• Collaborate with other firmware teams and interact with chip design, emulation, validation, and application engineering teams on pre-silicon firmware development and post-silicon bring-up, debug, troubleshooting, and customer support
• Utilize various protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, probes, firmware built-in tools, logging, and other forensic capture tools to troubleshoot problems
• Write comprehensive engineering technical documentation and customer user guides
• Coach junior firmware engineers on firmware design, development, reviews, and process enforcement
• Drive the execution and continuous improvement of the development process
  
  

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years firmware/software development experience
• Proficiency with debugging tools such as protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, internal built-in debug tools, logging systems, and GHS probes, etc.
• Experience in semi-conductor development for enterprise products, storage systems, and Cloud/Hyper-scale system applications using PCIe, NVMe, Fabric, Virtualization, Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) technologies
• Profound knowledge of PCIe specification and experience in PCIe endpoint or switch firmware development
• Experience in developing drivers for peripherals including I2C/SMBus and SPI, strong knowledge of SoC and RTOS
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with strong documentation skills
• Capable of working with customers and technology partners in the product architecture and design phases
• Self-motivated, team-oriented, ability and resourcefulness to achieve goals with minimal supervision
  
  

Value-added Qualifications

• Experience in MIPS or other RISC processor firmware development
• Experience in FW development on simulation or emulation in pre-silicon and post-silicon phases
  
  

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 payments. In 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 $86,000 - $186,000.*

• Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.
  
  

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