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We are seeking a self‑motivated and energetic engineer to join our firmware and software team.
In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, unit testing, and verification of our industry‑leading Switchtec™ System‑on‑Chip (SoC) PCI Express (PCIe) switching products.
You’ll collaborate with team members across multiple sites, working within an agile environment that values technical excellence, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
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Job Description
We are seeking a self‑motivated and energetic engineer to join our firmware and software team. In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, unit testing, and verification of our industry‑leading Switchtec™ System‑on‑Chip (SoC) PCI Express (PCIe) switching products. You’ll collaborate with team members across multiple sites, working within an agile environment that values technical excellence, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities:
Analyze product requirements and design, develop, integrate, debug, verify and validate firmware, drivers, software
components, unit test frameworks, verification systems, and DevOps tools
Lead and participate in architecture, specification, design, and implementation reviews with cross-functional team members
Collaborate with firmware teams and partner with chip design, emulation, validation, and application engineering teams on pre-silicon development and post-silicon bring-up, debugging, troubleshooting, and customer support
Investigate and resolve issues identified internally or reported by global customers in lab and field environments
Develop, review, and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including engineering documents, and customers facing materials
Mentor junior firmware engineers through design reviews, code reviews, process adherence, and continuous improvement initiatives
Requirements/Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
- At least 15 years of Embedded Application Software or high-level Embedded Software development experience
- Strong proficiency in C and at least one assembly language programming
- Expert in SoC, RTOS, multi‑threading, and SMP firmware development
- Experience in any one or two high-speed protocol product development: PCIe, CXL, infini-band, SAS/SATA, NVMe, Ethernet or FC
- Experience in firmware design for silicon products, with cross-functional collaboration across emulation, validation, and applications engineering teams throughout pre-silicon development and post-silicon bring-up, debug, and troubleshooting
- Excellent research, analytical, and problem‑solving abilities with strong documentation and communication skills
- Self‑motivated, team‑oriented, resourceful, and quality‑focused, with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to achieve goals with minimal supervision
Value-add Qualifications
- Experience leveraging AI to assist firmware and software development
- Proven ability to lead cross-site teams and mentor engineers on complex firmware projects
Pay Range
- Benefits of working at Microchip
- *Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.
- To all recruitment agencies : Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. Microchip is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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