Firmware Memory Engineer - TX, Austin, United States

Originally posted 17 June 2026 by the employer.

About the role

The Memory IO team is hiring a firmware engineer for pre- and post-silicon development of high-speed LPDDR, DDR, and inter-chip IO IPs. The scope includes firmware/hardware co-design, microarchitecture enablement, and algorithm design for Memory PHYs and interface IP.

What you'll do

- Design and develop firmware for DDR PHY and DRAM training steps. - Develop DDR PHY firmware for ATE testing, IP characterization, and SoC power. - Write pre-silicon firmware code and run simulations against architectural and RTL models. - Perform post-silicon lab bring-up and optimization of DDR initialization and run-time firmware. - Implement post-silicon DDR training enhancements to support high reliability and frequency margin. - Collaborate with SoC and product firmware teams to define features and specifications.

What you'll need

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering. - Experience with post-silicon firmware development on real hardware. - Knowledge of C, C++, and scripting languages such as Python. - Understanding of Verilog or SystemVerilog and digital simulation debug. - Understanding of synchronization techniques such as handshakes and message passing. - Experience with laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.

Nice to have

- Master's or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering. - Experience with SERDES, DDR, or Memory Controller design. - Knowledge of hardware-level clocking and synchronization. - Experience with low-level, physical phenomena-oriented logic design involving IO, clocking, or voltage control.