Position: Sr. Pre-Post Silicon Embedded Engineer
Experience: 8-12 yrs
Location: Bangalore ( 5 days WFO )
Software is at the core of modern SoC development across consumer electronics, automotive, and high-performance computing. To accelerate silicon readiness, system and silicon companies adopt a shift-left approach where embedded software is developed early to enable validation, performance characterization, and subsystem enablement.
Vayavya Labs is working with a leading consumer electronics company to develop embedded software, device drivers, and validation frameworks for a next-generation SoC. This role is a hands-on embedded development position, focused on building reusable software components that enable pre- and post-silicon validation.
As an Embedded Software Engineer – Silicon Validation Enablement, you will design and develop bare-metal and low-level embedded software frameworks used to bring up, validate, and characterize SoC subsystems.
You will work closely with pre-silicon and post-silicon bring-up teams, understanding SoC architecture and translating specifications into robust embedded code and software infrastructure. The role emphasizes software design, development, and debugging, rather than manual validation or test execution.
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Design and develop embedded C software, device drivers, and reusable frameworks for SoC validation and bring-up
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Understand SoC architecture and subsystems (Camera, Display, GPU, Memory, Security, etc.) and implement corresponding software layers
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Develop bare-metal and RTOS-based software to exercise critical data paths, performance, and functionality
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Build scalable software frameworks that can be reused across pre-silicon (emulation/FPGA) and post-silicon platforms
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Collaborate with architecture, RTL, and validation teams to align software with hardware design
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Debug and optimize embedded software on emulators, FPGA platforms, and silicon development boards
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Contribute to software design reviews, coding standards, and documentation
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Strong proficiency in C programming for embedded systems
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Solid understanding of embedded system design and low-level software development
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Experience developing drivers for peripherals such as UART, I2C, SPI, eMMC, USB, I2S
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Good knowledge of ARM architecture and SoC subsystems
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Experience with bare-metal programming and boot-time software
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Familiarity with Git / Gerrit or similar version control systems
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Experience building software frameworks for silicon bring-up or validation enablement
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Exposure to hardware emulation platforms (ZeBu, Palladium, Veloce)
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Knowledge of FreeRTOS or a similar RTOS
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Python, TCL, or Bash scripting for automation and tooling
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Experience with Linux system programming and ARM boot flows
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Understanding of RTL concepts and interaction between software and hardware
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Background in consumer electronics, especially camera or display subsystems
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Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
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Excellent debugging and root-cause analysis capability
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Clear written and verbal communication
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Self-driven, adaptable, and eager to work on cutting-edge silicon
