Senior Firmware Engineer

Atlas Data Storage • South San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

As a Senior Firmware Engineer, you will be an essential member of our engineering team. You'll help design and implement high-performance firmware across multiple systems.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software development experience in a senior technical role.
• Expertise in C and C++.
• Deep, demonstrable understanding of memory management in embedded platforms.
• Proven ability to write performant, low-latency, and highly optimized code, particularly when dealing with large data payloads (multi-gigabyte scale).
• Experience designing and implementing firmware using high-speed buses (SPI, 1G/10G Ethernet, USB…).
• Experienced in using real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS, DMA controllers, AXI bus, interrupt mechanisms and low-level threading implementation.
• Knowledge of IP protocols down to the physical layer

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working directly with hardware development, bring-up, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of FPGA and ASIC integration
• Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Developing high-performance firmware capable of handling large data payload while ensuring end-to-end data integrity.
• Working closely with hardware, electrical and chemistry teams to help define requirements and specifications.
• Architecting and implementing using bare metal languages such as C and C++
• Bringing expertise in low-level programming to develop reliable firmware with strict timing requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level