About this opportunity
Mackenzie Stuart lists this Senior Firmware Engineer opportunity in sacramento county, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Overview
I am currently partnered with an innovative technology company developing high-performance hardware and embedded systems for demanding computing applications.
The business is growing its engineering team and is looking for a Senior Firmware Engineer to work on advanced storage and host-interface technologies.
About the Role
This role will focus on low-level firmware development covering storage protocols, command processing, high-speed interfaces, system management, error recovery, and product validation.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain NVMe firmware, including command processing, data transfers, and queue management.
Implement and debug PCIe-based communication and host-management interfaces such as SMBus and I3C.
Develop status reporting, monitoring, control, error-handling, timeout, reset, retry, and recovery functionality.
Validate firmware against relevant industry standards and host platforms.
Debug low-level issues using protocol analysers, logic analysers, firmware logs, and trace tools.
Support compliance, interoperability, stress, power-management, hot-plug, and error-injection testing.
Investigate complex technical issues, identify root causes, and implement reliable fixes.
Work closely with firmware, hardware, validation, and systems engineering teams.
Qualifications
Professional experience developing embedded or storage firmware using C or C++.
Required Skills
Professional experience developing embedded or storage firmware using C or C++.
Strong understanding of NVMe and PCIe.
Experience with SMBus, I3C, I²C, or similar communication protocols.
Experience with firmware validation, protocol debugging, and system-level troubleshooting.
Understanding of command processing, queue management, error recovery, and compliance testing.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Skills
Experience with PCIe Gen4 or Gen5, NVMe compliance testing, storage controllers, or hardware bring-up would be advantageous.
Who can apply
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