Staff Firmware/Middleware Engineer - Austin, United States
Originally posted 30 July 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 23 October 2026.
Architect and design embedded firmware for digital PWM voltage regulators and custom power management SOCs.
About the role
As a Staff Firmware Engineer on the Performance Computing Power (PCP) team, you will architect, design, and maintain firmware for integrated circuits that supply power to advanced computing platforms. Your work will support digital power ICs spanning low-level circuits through to high-volume manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and verify embedded firmware for digital PWM voltage regulators. - Write firmware patches to implement new features or apply hardware workarounds. - Work with the hardware design team to define interfaces based on user requirements. - Write specifications to document firmware architecture and implementation. - Collaborate with the validation team to bring up new silicon and debug any issues found. - Develop automated tests to validate firmware on the lab bench using test equipment.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering or a related field. - 8+ years of experience in firmware development on custom SOCs in pre- and post-silicon environments. - Expertise in embedded firmware development in C and assembly programming languages. - Deep understanding of state machine driven task management and RTOS concepts, along with interrupt, memory, and performance optimization for real-time applications. - Experience working with hardware RTL design in Verilog. - Proficiency with the Linux command line and a scripting language such as Python or Perl.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of ARM Cortex M-series processors and ARM compiler toolchains. - Working experience with Cadence or Synopsys design tools such as SimVision or Verdi. - Solid understanding of serial bus protocols such as I2C and SPI. - Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and standalone FW unit test benches. - Familiarity with DC-DC buck converter concepts and applications.
This role has been open 85 days — well above the 55-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
760
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$169k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Renesas Electronics | All employers we track in this specialty (760 roles · 84 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 11 | 760 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 121 | 6298 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 22 d | 55 d (−33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 126 open roles · median 52 d
- Micron Technology · 63 open roles · median 91 d
- AMD · 62 open roles · median 40 d
- NVIDIA · 60 open roles · median 56 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 47 open roles · median 43 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 36 open roles · median 30 d
How we counted: 760 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.
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