BMTC (Bare Metal Test & Control) Firmware Validation Software Engineer

Role: BMTC (Bare Metal Test & Control) Firmware Validation Software Engineer Location: Sunnyvale CA (Onsite)

Job Description:
The ideal candidate would be comfortable debugging issues that span firmware PCIe transport userspace, and able to maintain shared infrastructure across multiple chip generations. Rust is emerging as a skill need (for the streaming API shim layer) but is not yet dominant.
The role is BMTC (Bare Metal Test & Control) Validation Software Engineer requiring expertise at the hardware-software boundary. The top critical skills are:

• C/C++ Systems Programming memory allocators, interrupt handling, race condition debugging, resource lifecycle management

• PCIe & Hardware Interfaces VFIO, BAR mapping, iATU, DMA (H2D/D2H/P2P), physical functions

• Custom Silicon Validation Core firmware, HDI protocol, SQ/CQ setup, multi-generation chip support

• Streaming API Architecture dynamic library loading, process separation, static-to-dynamic migration

• Build System constraint-based compilation, target management, CI integration