AI Hardware | Platform Firmware | AI Accelerators
I'm working with a well-funded AI hardware startup building next-generation AI accelerators for large-scale AI workloads. They're looking for a Firmware Engineer to own the low-level platform firmware that powers and secures their compute systems—from boot through runtime—working at the intersection of silicon, hardware, and software.
This is a highly hands-on role where you'll help define the firmware stack for cutting-edge AI hardware, taking ownership across secure boot, power management, platform telemetry, and board bring-up.
You’ll work on:
- Developing platform firmware including Boot ROM, bootloaders, embedded controllers/BMC, and device firmware
- Implementing secure boot, hardware root of trust, code signing, authenticated firmware updates, anti-rollback protection, and secure debug
- Building power management firmware covering power sequencing, PMIC control, DVFS, and thermal protection
- Developing platform monitoring, telemetry, RAS, health monitoring, and observability interfaces
- Supporting board bring-up, post-silicon validation, JTAG debug, and low-level hardware debugging
- Working closely with silicon, hardware, architecture, and software teams on firmware interfaces, security, and HW/SW co-design
- Leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve firmware development workflows
Requirements:
- 5+ years developing platform or system firmware
- Strong C and assembly programming for embedded systems, bare-metal, or RTOS environments on ARM (or similar architectures)
- Experience with bootloaders, embedded controllers/BMC, or device firmware
- Hands-on implementation of secure boot, hardware root of trust, code signing, authenticated firmware updates, and anti-rollback protection
- Experience with power sequencing, PMICs, voltage regulators, DVFS, and power/thermal management
- Experience with telemetry, RAS, platform monitoring, JTAG, board bring-up, and post-silicon debug
- Comfortable working at the hardware/software boundary using datasheets, schematics, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and lab debugging
Compensation:
$200,000–$350,000 Base + Equity + Comprehensive Benefits
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