Senior Engineer, Software Development Engineering

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $12 billion in FY22 and approximately 25,000 people globally working alongside 125,000 global customers, ADI ensures today’s innovators stay Ahead of What’s Possible.

The SoC SW team in the Software Engineering and Solutions BU is seeking a senior embedded firmware engineer. In this role, the successful candidate will work alongside a very experienced and passionate group of engineers and managers, contributing to the architectural design and development of some of ADI’s most advanced and technically challenging products.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Develop proof-of-concept software and sample code for performance analysis and profiling.
• Translate product requirements into SW and HW requirements.
• Contribute to the design and development of the embedded SW for our ASIC products.
• Develop microcode and kernel drivers for our SoC products.
• Work with SoC architects to find areas of improvement in the SoC design from the firmware and system perspectives.
• Collaborate with the digital team to design and architect System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions.
• Define and develop bootloader, system initialization and startup sequences.
• Propose and design HW assisted solutions that make firmware/software development and execution more efficient.

Minimum Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills with a proactive, can-do attitude.
• Good understanding of RISC architecture; RISC-V and ARM micro-controller and bus architecture is a plus.
• Experience with standard communication interfaces and protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, and Ethernet.
• Proficient in C and/or C++ programming with best engineering and software development practices.
• Good understanding of real time operating systems concepts and the use of FreeRTOS, Zephyr, and/or Linux as an embedded operating system.
• Experience in silicon and board bring-up, and comfortable with debugging silicon, hardware and software using IDE and JTAG debuggers.
• Experience with developing firmware and software for embedded products.
• Bachelor or Master of Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5+ years of firmware development experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and soldering iron, and other standard lab equipment a plus.
• Exposure to developing bootloader and kernel drivers, preferably in both unsecured and trusted execution environments.
• Exposure to power management and DVFS.
• Experience in the use of CMSIS Packs, IAR, KEIL and VS Studio/Code IDEs
• Experience with using Linux as a development environment.
• Exposure to Windows Development of DLLs is a plus.
• Comfortable with reading board schematic and making minor HW modifications on circuit boards.
• Familiar with network protocols and stacks such as IP, TCP/UDP, Ethernet, DHCP, ICMP, etc.
• Familiar with industry standard tools such as Git, vi, gdb, etc.
• Familiar with silicon design and development cycle and understand the importance of firmware/software involvement throughout the design and development cycle.

For positions requiring access to technical data, Analog Devices, Inc. may have to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the U.S. Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. As such, applicants for this position – except US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, and protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) – may have to go through an export licensing review process.

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Job Req Type: Experienced

Required Travel: Yes, 10% of the time