Principal Firmware Engineer
Core
Define and drive technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for scalable system stress and performance characterization frameworks across AI accelerator generations.
Role type
Principal Firmware Engineer (AI Accelerator Validation & Performance)
Builds
End-to-end validation strategies, post-silicon tests, tools, and performance analysis/telemetry solutions for GPU/AI accelerator systems.
Domain
AI Hardware / Semiconductor Validation / High-Performance Computing
Required skills
System stress and performance characterization, GPU Compute engine validation, Memory subsystem validation (DDR, HBM), Networking validation (PCIe, DMA), Post-silicon bring-up and characterization, Performance analysis and telemetry, Platform observability, Profiling and performance monitoring, Cross-team technical leadership, Engineering mentorship, Pre-silicon emulation/simulation, Build systems (CMake), CI/CD integration, AI model/kernel knowledge (GEMM, GPT, MoE, Llama), CUDA/Triton/PyTorch frameworks, Hardware/Firmware/Driver debugging, Power and thermal profiling (TDP, PVT), Tensor core architecture understanding.
Preferred skills
Experience with AI accelerators (GPUs, NPUs, FPGAs), Pre-silicon environments, Performance engineering and bottleneck identification, Customer collaboration across disciplines.
Responsibilities
Design and develop highly-performant validation and stress workloads; Architect and develop end-to-end validation strategies from pre-silicon to production; Develop performance analysis and observability solutions; Partner with Architecture, AI software, and Manufacturing teams; Provide technical leadership through design reviews and strategic recommendations; Mentor engineers in workload development, optimization, and validation.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership and mentorship.
