Staff Firmware and Operating System Engineer

The Role: 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. Key responsibilities: • Understand the technical landscape of their project and make decisions about it. •Make independent technical contributions, especially for the most foundational or challenging parts of the project. – 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 engineers and leads from their and other teams to unblock issues, or to reach consensus on technical topics. In particular: – Work with hardware teams, influencing hardware/software co-design. – Work with teams developing middleware, and/or contribute to middleware. • Provide technical guidance to more junior team members, also acting as a mentor. • Review team artifacts (design documents, code changes) both for correctness but also for code quality and consistency. • Identify opportunities for code and/or process improvement. • Loop in directors and above as needed, for instance to surface potential risks or get feedback based on area-level technical knowledge. • Collaborate with program managers for task and deliverable tracking, as well as process improvements. • Communicate outside the team, explaining and divulging technical topics to less technical parts of the organization. Required qualifications: • Bachelor or Master’s degree in a relevant field. • Experience in the relevant field (more than 10 years). • 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 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: • Within- and cross-team collaboration at the technical level. • Experience leading teams at the technical level (not necessarily with a formal management role). 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.