Principal Firmware Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. Job Description Develop firmware for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers Develop firmware in C, typically involving bare‑metal programming and low‑level APIs on microcontrollers Collaborate with hardware designers and memory subsystem architects to derive training algorithms and implement them Collaborate with the verification team to deduce firmware–hardware co‑verification plans Develop and debug firmware in RTL‑based hardware simulations (C + Verilog simulations) Develop and debug on silicon bring‑up boards Required Skills Good knowledge of DDR5 JEDEC specifications and various DIMM configurations and specifications Relevant experience developing bare‑metal firmware for high‑speed SerDes or memory interface physical layer blocks Strong C programming skills for embedded software development and familiarity with relevant IDEs Comfortable debugging RTL simulations involving firmware and microcontroller subsystems Proficiency in shell, Perl, Python, and TCL scripting Experience with verification EDA tools such as simulators and waveform viewers Cadence is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, basis of disability, or any other protected class. #J-18808-Ljbffr