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Firmware Engineer

Ottawa, Canada

 

About the Role:

Celero Communications Inc. is an exciting and fast-growing start-up in the semiconductor industry, pushing boundaries with innovative technologies that power the world’s most advanced AI and data center infrastructure.

We are seeking an experienced Firmware professional to lead a team of firmware engineers responsible for developing low-level software that brings our silicon to life. In this role, you will manage and technically guide a team working on boot firmware, device drivers, real-time systems, and hardware abstraction layers for complex SoCs and semiconductor platforms.

You will play a critical role in silicon bring-up, system integration, and customer enablement, working closely with hardware, systems, and application teams to ensure reliable and high-performance operation of our products.

This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who enjoys building teams, shaping architecture, and solving complex hardware-software integration challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and mentor a high-performing firmware engineering team, establishing best practices for code quality, testing, and documentation.
  • Collaborate with application engineers to understand customer FW requirements
  • Work closely with ASIC/SoC and Systems design teams in setting FW features and requirements
  • Own firmware architecture across boot, BSP, and runtime environments.
  • Design and develop Real-time Embedded Firmware features for coherent optical systems. Ensure firmware meets performance, reliability, and security requirements 
  • Lead firmware support for new silicon bring-up, debugging complex hardware/software issues using lab tools.
  • Drive firmware test automation and regression frameworks. And manage technical debt and long-term maintainability.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in embedded/firmware development.
  • 3+ years of experience leading or managing engineering teams.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in:
    • Programming: C/C++
    • Operating environments: Embedded Linux or RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, VxWorks)
    • Boot architecture: U‑Boot, custom multi‑stage boot flows
    • Low‑level SoC and hardware interfaces: PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, UART
    • Memory subsystems: DDR, HBM
    • Debug and analysis tools: tracing, profiling, logging, and hardware/software debuggability
    • Experience with silicon bring-up, board bring-up, and complex firmware debugging.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience working in coherent optical systems, silicon photonics, or semiconductor platform companies.
  • Knowledge of:
    • CMIS (Common Management Interface Specification) standards for optical modules
    • RISC V architecture (SiFive or similar)
  • Familiarity with:
    • FPGA and emulation platforms for pre silicon validation
    • Lab bring up tools, including JTAG debuggers, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes
    • UVM based verification environments and SystemVerilog test methodologies

Salary Range

$150,000 - $250,000 Base Annually 
The final offer will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

 

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