2) Staff Engineer – Embedded Firmware – CXL/PCIe/Memory controller - Pune & Hyderabad

The responsibility of this role is to develop firmware modules and services for Kandou’s Memory fabrics products

Firmware is responsible for implementing and supporting the major differentiating features of Kandou’ products.

Basic qualification

• Strong academic and technical background in Electronics & Computer engineering. At a minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE or Computer Science is required, and a Master’s is preferred.
• Experience developing firmware (Bare metal/RTOS) to execute in on-chip microcontrollers/processors
• Minimum 8-15 years’ experience developing firmware for Server, Storage, and/or Networking SoC products

Required experience

• Hands-on experience designing and developing embedded firmware for PCIe/CXL/NVME protocols with proficiency in C (preferred) or C++, including development of C-based SDKs.
• Experience with RTOS/Zephyr OS firmware development and enablement
• Familiar with SoC interfaces to common IP blocks such as PCIe Controllers, NVME Controllers, DDR controllers, AMBA/AHB interfaces, on-chip memory interfaces, and other similar interfaces
• Work with various cross-functional groups such as architect, other development teams, QA/validation, product management and customer teams across various sites

Preferred experience

• Experience with DDR controller, storage or SSD firmware, including NVMe, PCIe, CXL or flash management concepts.
• Hands-on experience with simulation or virtual platform–based development (e.g., Renode, QEMU, or similar)