Required Competencies - Experience • Strong professional experience in firmware development or embedded software development in a RTOS environment. • Demonstrable experience in porting and use of RTOS; Zephyr, FreeRTOS • Detailed experience with SoC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, board initialization, peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, SMBUS, UART. • Proven experience working with multiple teams on Root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging skills resulting into solving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues • Familiarity with PCIe/CXL validation and debugging is a big plus. • Demonstrable experience of hardware and firmware architecture, design and coding for solutions at scale. • Experience performing thorough code reviews, unit testing, and documentation. • Proficiency with modern Software development and test workflows (CI/gitlab/makefile/CMake/TDD etc.) Required Competencies - Skills • Strong programming skills in C/C++ for embedded systems. Good understanding of Linux kernel internals and driver architecture. • Solid knowledge of CPU architecture (ex. ARM, ARC, RISC-V), memory map, and register-level programming and debugging • Demonstrable experience with software development for systems with Linux OS or multi-threaded RTOS environments. • Good knowledge of bootloaders and boot sequence and Experience in board bring-up and hardware debugging • Exposure to high-speed signalling technologies: PCIe, CXL • Exposure to ASIC hardware validation & debugging • Familiarity with scripting languages (Python/Shell) for automation • Familiarity with debugging tools: JTAG, UART, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer. • Strong working knowledge of version control tools (Git) • Good knowledge of Baseboard Management Controller systems; OpenBMC, OpenBIC • Good understanding of computer architectures including processors, buses, and memories. • Ability to collaborate with hardware, validation, and application teams for end-to-end integration