Firmware Engineer

About This Role

This engineering role focuses on architecting and developing firmware and microcontroller subsystems for the company's SoC and systems products. The firmware is crucial for implementing the key differentiating features of Astera Labs' products, making it as important as the hardware. The role involves direct customer interaction to ensure their needs are fully understood.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop firmware and microcontroller subsystems for SoC and systems products
• Implement major differentiating features of Astera Labs' products through firmware
• Work with logic designers to implement and test HW-SW interfaces on complex SoCs

Requirements

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering
• Bachelor's degree in EE or Computer Science
• Minimum 5 years' experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications
• Experience developing firmware to execute with on-chip microcontrollers and C-language software development kits (SDKs) to execute on system host CPUs and embedded microprocessors
• Experience working with logic designers to implement and test HW-SW interfaces on complex SoCs
• Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks
• Ability to work with minimal guidance and supervision
• Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior and can-do attitude
• Ability to think and act fast with the customer in mind
• Can start immediately
• High level of proficiency in C (preferred) or C++, including development of C-based SDKs and firmware
• Proficient in Python for scripting
• Ability to design, implement, and write unit-level tests
• Working knowledge of software build environments, gcc/make
• Experience with developer workflows, SCM (preferably git), code reviews, CI
• Hands-on experience with Server, Storage, and/or Networking equipment
• Familiarity with SoC interfaces to various HW blocks, on-chip memory interfaces, and other similar interfaces that are common to chip design

Nice to have:

• Firmware development experience using RTOS
• Experience developing boot-ROM and familiarity working in pre-Silicon environments (Simulation and emulation)
• Experience with secure boot flows (authentication, attestation & standards like DICE, Caliptra)

About the Company

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. The company collaborates with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners to enable organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs' Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with its COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up and scale-out connectivity. The company's custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements.