Senior Embedded C / Firmware / Hardware Engineer - Cork - Ireland

Client :

Our client, a leading Multinational Semiconductor Power Company, requires a Lead / Principal Firmware Hardware Engineer based in Cork City, Ireland.

Role :

You will be a seasoned Firmware developer participating in our exciting product development process.

Your main responsibility will be the specification, design, implementation, testing, and documentation of firmware (FW) running on dual-core low-power, lean-resource hardware (HW) platforms.

You will be a key member of our engineering and operations teams.

Responsibilities :

Develop optimized FW that complements our lean HW strategy to achieve the best possible performance for our innovative products.

HW / FW contribution to product specification, co-design, and partitioning of functionality.

HW / FW co-simulation, FPGA prototyping (system emulation), and ASIC implementation.

Debug and build test platforms.

Creation and adaptation of EDA tools required for FW implementation, debugging, and testing.

Track and implement design improvements, version control, and develop quality control processes.

Qualifications :

Electronics Degree (ideally to a postgraduate level).

Experience :

Successful candidates will have most of the following :

5-10 years of experience in FW development on microcontrollers (ideally in the power electronics industry).

HW expertise (digital, analog, non-volatile, and volatile memories).

Debugging of complex semiconductor systems on a chip (SoC's) (ideally in the power electronics industry).

Demonstrated ability to follow a robust and error-free development process and familiarity with SW / FW test methodologies.

Strong individual contributor with a strong sense of quality of work.

Experience working in a rapidly growing startup company.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts in business terms.

The ability to work with cross-functional teams to create a fully functional system.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Successful candidates will have most of the following :

Assembly programming on industry-standard microcontrollers (ARM, MIPS, 80x51, IC / Microchip...) & DSP (TI, ADI, MOT...).

Assembler, C, C++, GNU design tools, Version control.

Matlab / Simulink (or similar) for high-level system simulation.

Cadence (or similar) IC Design tools.

Experience with communication standards and protocols (SPI, I2C, SMBUS, PMBUS, USB, JTAG).

Contact :

For further information, please contact Mícheál at Software Placements on 00353 1 5254642 or email

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