Firmware Engineer

**Description**

**Invent the future with us**

Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient AI compute.

As a pioneer in the new frontier of energy efficient high-performance computing, Ampere is part of the Softbank Group of companies driving sustainable computing for AI, Cloud, and Edge applications.

Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team - we’d love to have you apply!

**About The Role**

Ampere is currently hiring a Firmware Engineer to design and develop Power Management firmware. The Power Management firmware team is responsible for delivering energy efficient firmware designs that scale to the requirements of AI, Cloud, and Edge applications.

**What You’ll Achieve**

• Design, develop and debug SoC core Power Management firmware for Ampere's next generation energy efficient high-performance computing products.
• Collaborate with cross-team leaders and architecture teams.
• Create and maintain design documentation with markdown languages.
• Pre-silicon Power Management firmware bring-up and verification of Power Management functionality on software and hardware emulation platforms.
• Post-silicon Power Management firmware bring-up from first-silicon arrival to production silicon.
• Debug, root cause, and resolve complex problems across multiple SoC subsystems.

**About You**

• Bachelor Degree or Master Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 + years of experience in designing and developing Power Management firmware
• Strong and demonstrable C/C++ skills for ARM architectures.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and testing methodology skills, delivering quality code.
• Strong communications skills, verbal and written.
• Proven ability to take ownership of complex problems and deliver quality solutions.
• Experience with 32-bit/64-bit ARM architectures.
• Experience with embedded kernels, threading models, interrupts, device tree concepts, and peripheral device drivers.
• Experience with DMA, SPI, I2C, I3C, UART, GPIO interfaces and protocols.
• Experience with JTAG debuggers (TRACE32) or OpenOCD debugger environments.
• Experience with firmware and Linux software development environments.

**Additional Skills To Make You Stand Out**

• Experience with SoC Power Management concepts; DVFS, thermal management, throttling, current limiting, PMIC’s and programable voltage regulators.
• Experience with Unit Test frameworks and code coverage.
• Experience with software development lifecycles, CD/CI environments, code reviews, source code control (GitLab), work tracking (JIRA), UML design tools.

**What We’ll Offer**

At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, cash long-term incentive, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits highlights include:

• Premium healthcare, personal accident, and fully paid social insurance scheme as well as annual health check, so that you can feel secure in your health and financial future.
• Generous paid time off policy so that you can embrace a healthy work-life balance.
• Daily catered lunch, a variety of snacks, energizing coffee or tea, and refreshing drinks to keep you fueled and focused throughout the day.

And there is much more than compensation and benefits. At Ampere, we foster an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more. We are excited to share more about our career opportunities with you through the interview process.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Ampere is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, veteran and/or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.