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Principal Firmware Engineer

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Principal Firmware Engineer

Cadence

AUSTIN

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On-site

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Full-time

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1w ago

Required Skills

DDR5 JEDEC specification

Bare-metal firmware development

C programming

SerDes

Memory interface

RTL simulation debugging

Shell scripting

Perl scripting

Python scripting

TCL scripting

EDA tools

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Job Description:

Be part of the Cadence DDR PHY IP Front End Design team responsible for -

  • Develop firmware for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers

  • Developing firmware in C typically involving bare-metal programming and developing low-level APIs on Microcontrollers.

  • Responsible for collaborating with hardware designers and memory subsystem architects to derive training algorithms and implement them.

  • Responsible for collaborating with the verification team to deduce firmware-hardware co-verification plan.

  • 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 spec, knowledge of different DIMM configurations and specifications.

  • Relevant experience in developing bare-metal firmware for High-speed Ser Des or Memory interface Physical Layer blocks.

  • Good Knowledge of C programming language for embedded software development and use of relevant IDE.

  • Comfortable debugging RTL simulations involving firmware and microcontroller subsystem.

  • Good knowledge of Shell/Perl/Python/TCL scripting

  • Good experience on Verification EDA Tools like simulators and waveform viewers

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About Cadence

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Cadence Design Systems provides electronic design automation (EDA) software, hardware, and IP for designing and verifying electronic systems and semiconductors.

5,001-10,000

Employees

San Jose

Headquarters

Reviews

3.3

7 reviews

Work Life Balance

2.0

Compensation

2.5

Culture

1.8

Career

2.0

Management

1.5

15%

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Pros

Built strong client relationships

Useful for repetitive tasks

Employment opportunities

Cons

Poor management and micromanagement

Lack of career growth opportunities

Technical architecture and code quality issues

Salary Ranges

65 data points

Junior/L3

Junior/L3 · Data Analyst

1 reports

$91,103

total / year

Base

$85,276

Stock

-

Bonus

$5,827

$59,612

$139,984

Interview Experience

1 interviews

Difficulty

3.0

/ 5

Duration

14-28 weeks

Interview Process

1

Application Review

2

Recruiter Screen

3

Technical Phone Screen

4

Onsite/Virtual Interviews

5

Final Decision

Common Questions

Technical Knowledge

Behavioral/STAR

Past Experience

Problem Solving