
Firmware Engineer
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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