SENIOR EMBEDDED FIRMWARE ENGINEER at Talascend

• Applicant must have experience writing Embedded Software in the C or C++ languages for Embedded Systems.  
• Solid understanding of and experience with real-time software principles such as RTOS, task scheduling and prioritization, inter-process communication with semaphores and mutexes, memory management involving both the stack and heap, and boot processes.
• Must have experience interacting with real hardware from a software environment and have experience writing low-level device drivers in both bare-metal and operating system environments, interacting with device registers and chip-to-chip hardware interfaces.
• Must have experience with boot processes and bootloaders and customizing bootloaders, such as U-Boot to support specific hardware configurations.
• Experience with low-level communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, and UART are a must.
• Experience with high-speed data transfer utilizing protocols such as PCIe and Aurora are desired.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline from an ABET-accredited institution.
• 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with embedded Software/Firmware design.
• Experience working with embedded operating systems High proficiency with C/C++, and TCL.
• Experience in FPGA system design and test from architecture through implementation.
• Familiarity modern Xilinx FPGA families, design tools (7-series FPGAs, Ultrascale+, Vivado, Vitis, Xilinx IP cores).
• Experience with multiple high-speed serial communication standards and interfaces (e.g. Aurora, 10Ge, PCIe, DDR4/3/2/1, JESD204B).
• Experience with standard internal interfaces such as AXI4, AXI4-Stream, AXI4-Lite.
• Motivated self-starter and problem solver with experience executing in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods.
• Candidate must be a US Citizen and be able to meet eligibility to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• High proficiency with C/C++.
• Familiarity with modern Xilinx FPGA families, design tools (7-series FPGAs, Ultrascale+, Vivado, Vitis, Xilinx IP cores).
• Solid understanding of and experience with Real-Time software principles such as:
  • RTOS task scheduling and prioritization
  • Inter-process communication with semaphores and mutexes
  • Memory management involves both the stack and heap and boot processes.
• Must have experience with boot processes and bootloaders and customizing bootloaders, such as U-Boot to support specific hardware configurations.
• Experience with low-level communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, and UART are a must.

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline from an ABET-accredited institution.
• 20+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience working with SoC designs such as Zynq and Zynq Ultrascale+ including architecting and interfacing with peripherals, interrupts, and related bus architectures.
• Working knowledge of digital/analog/mixed signal electronics, components, and interface/communication standards.
• Experience with FPGA PCBA hardware design.

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.

Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.