Senior Firmware & OS Engineer

Position overview: Develop low- (BIOS, firmware, device drivers) and mid-level software (emulation, simulation, and virtualization) to enable the use of OpenChip’s novel hardware features and accelerators, bringing visible improvements to end users. Job responsibilities: Make independent technical contributions to help their team deliver its commitments. In particular: • Develop and maintain low-level software (BIOS and firmware) for novel hardware architectures. • Develop and maintain device drivers for operating systems (mainly Linux) to expose novel hardware features (e.g., telemetry) and acceleration, as well as to support their emulation and virtualization. • Provide monitoring, instrumentation, and telemetry to export system status and health metrics. • Provide workload control and configuration, and API entry points to allow remote operation. • Configure and extend emulation, simulation, and virtualization software. Interact with ICs from their and other projects to unblock themself, or to reach consensus on small technical topics. In particular: • Work with hardware teams, influencing hardware/software co-design. • Work with teams developing middleware, and/or contribute to middleware. • Collaborate with colleagues through code reviews, bug triaging, design documents,. . . • Contribute to shared team responsibilities (CI failure triaging, documentation, code fixits, rotations. . . ). Required qualifications: • Bachelor or Master’s degree in a relevant field. • Experience in the relevant field (3-5yr). • Solid knowledge about computer architecture (CPU, cache and memory hierarchy, buses,. . . ). • Good understanding of pre-boot and boot process, and Linux kernel internals. • Knowledge about compilation and linking process (toolchains, object file formats, binutils, dynamic loading,. . . ). • Solid knowledge of low-level development languages (C, Rust). • Experience with assembly language (of any architecture). • Experience with bare metal (without OS) development (e.g., embedded systems, microcontrollers). • Experience with standard tools for source control (git), continuous integration, task management (Jira). Preferred qualifications: • Experience with RISC-V development at the assembly-language level. • Experience with kernel and/or device driver development. • Experience with emulators and simulators (Qemu, Gem5, Spike). • Experience with hypervisor technology (KVM, Xen). • Experience with open source software development. • Experience with system boot technology (UEFI/EDK2, ACPI, u-boot, devicetree). Soft skills: • Team player: communicative and collaborative person who focuses on the outcome of the team above the individual needs. • Curious about learning new technologies/stacks. • Capable of within- and cross-team collaboration at the technical level. • Can-do attitude, proactive and willing to solve any obstacle by themself. Self-aware, self-starter, and self-motivated. What do we offer? • Join an innovative team and experience company growth. • We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers. • Enjoy a hybrid work environment. • We also offer flexible schedule. • We offer a remuneration that values your experience. • The position will have the base in Barcelona. We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world. If you feel identified with Openchip, please contact us. We can offer a competitive compensation package in a flexible work schema that will help you to keep a balance between your personal and professional life. At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L., we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential – regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.