Senior Firmware & OS Engineer

Position overview:

Develop low- (BIOS, firmware, device drivers) and mid-level software (emulation, simulation, and virtualization) to enable the use of OpenChip’s novel hardware features and accelerators, bringing visible improvements to end users.

Job responsibilities:

Make independent technical contributions to help their team deliver its commitments. In particular:

• Develop and maintain low-level software (BIOS and firmware) for novel hardware architectures.
• Develop and maintain device drivers for operating systems (mainly Linux) to expose novel hardware features (e.g., telemetry) and acceleration, as well as to support their emulation and virtualization.
• Provide monitoring, instrumentation, and telemetry to export system status and health metrics.
• Provide workload control and configuration, and API entry points to allow remote operation.
• Configure and extend emulation, simulation, and virtualization software.

Interact with ICs from their and other projects to unblock themself, or to reach consensus on small technical topics. In particular:

• Work with hardware teams, influencing hardware/software co-design.
• Work with teams developing middleware, and/or contribute to middleware.
• Collaborate with colleagues through code reviews, bug triaging, design documents,. . .
• Contribute to shared team responsibilities (CI failure triaging, documentation, code fixits, rotations. . . ).

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in the relevant field (3-5yr).
• Solid knowledge about computer architecture (CPU, cache and memory hierarchy, buses,. . . ).
• Good understanding of pre-boot and boot process, and Linux kernel internals.
• Knowledge about compilation and linking process (toolchains, object file formats, binutils, dynamic loading,. . . ).
• Solid knowledge of low-level development languages (C, Rust).
• Experience with assembly language (of any architecture).
• Experience with bare metal (without OS) development (e.g., embedded systems, microcontrollers).
• Experience with standard tools for source control (git), continuous integration, task management (Jira).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with RISC-V development at the assembly-language level.
• Experience with kernel and/or device driver development.
• Experience with emulators and simulators (Qemu, Gem5, Spike).
• Experience with hypervisor technology (KVM, Xen).
• Experience with open source software development.
• Experience with system boot technology (UEFI/EDK2, ACPI, u-boot, devicetree).

Soft skills:

• Team player: communicative and collaborative person who focuses on the outcome of the team above the individual needs.
• Curious about learning new technologies/stacks.
• Capable of within- and cross-team collaboration at the technical level.
• Can-do attitude, proactive and willing to solve any obstacle by themself. Self-aware, self-starter, and self-motivated.

What do we offer?

• Join an innovative team and experience company growth.
• We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers.
• Enjoy a hybrid work environment.
• We also offer flexible schedule.
• We offer a remuneration that values your experience.
• The position will have the base in Barcelona.

We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world.

If you feel identified with Openchip, please contact us. We can offer a competitive compensation package in a flexible work schema that will help you to keep a balance between your personal and professional life.

At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L., we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential – regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.