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Platform Firmware & Drivers - IL
Tel Aviv, Israel
About Unconventional
Since 2022, AI has entered the mainstream, reshaping entire industries from education and software development to fundamental consumer behaviors. This revolution has created an unprecedented demand for computation—a demand that is now fundamentally limited by energy, not just in the datacenter, but at a global scale.
At Unconventional, our mission is to solve this. We are rethinking computing from the ground up to build a new foundation for AI that is 1000x more efficient. We’re doing this by exploiting the rich physics of semiconductors, mapping neural networks directly to the device physics rather than relying on layers of inefficient abstraction.
At Unconventional, our mission is to solve this. We are rethinking computing from the ground up to build a new foundation for AI that is 1000x more efficient. We’re doing this by exploiting the rich physics of semiconductors, mapping neural networks directly to the device physics rather than relying on layers of inefficient abstraction.
The Role
As a Member of Technical Staff, Platform Firmware & Drivers, you will be a core contributor to the low-level software that powers our novel computing platform. You will design and develop firmware and device drivers, define hardware–software interfaces, and work closely with silicon and systems engineers to bring new hardware to life.
We are looking for a hands-on engineer with strong architectural judgment and a proven ability to lead complex technical projects. You will own work from early specifications and design through implementation, bring-up, and validation, helping define both what we build and how we build it.
We are looking for a hands-on engineer with strong architectural judgment and a proven ability to lead complex technical projects. You will own work from early specifications and design through implementation, bring-up, and validation, helping define both what we build and how we build it.
Responsibilities
- Firmware & Driver Development: Develop and maintain firmware and device drivers for device initialization, control, and reliable host–device communication.
- Hardware–Software Co-Design: Work with silicon and systems teams to define programming interfaces, communication mechanisms, and system behavior.
- Bring-Up & Debugging: Drive hardware bring-up and resolve complex issues spanning firmware, drivers, and silicon.
- Technical Leadership: Drive sound architectural decisions, stay hands-on with implementation, and lead projects from requirements through integration and delivery.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field, such as Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience: 5+ years of experience developing low-level systems software, including firmware and device drivers.
- Software Development: Strong programming proficiency in C and C++, with practical experience using Python.
- Systems Fundamentals: Strong understanding of computer architecture and hardware–software interaction, including memory-mapped I/O, interrupts, DMA, concurrency, and synchronization.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with AI hardware, high-performance computing, or datacenter systems.
- Experience developing Linux kernel drivers.
- Experience with embedded processors, bare-metal firmware, or real-time operating systems.
- Experience with silicon bring-up or FPGA-based development platforms.
- Experience developing runtime software, including workload scheduling and memory management.
- Experience with PCIe and host–device communication.
Why Join Us?
- The Mission: Redefine computing for the next 50 years by solving the fundamental energy limitation of AI at a global scale.
- The Impact: Shape the company’s future as a foundational team member. Enjoy massive ownership and an outsized opportunity to drive change.
- The Challenge: Dive into deeply complex, intellectually stimulating, and unsolved problems at the cutting edge of multiple, converging fields—you will be defining the future of AI compute.
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