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Meta · 7 hours ago

Embedded Software Engineer, Firmware

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$147K/yr - $208K/yr

5+ years exp

Meta is building innovative products that enhance connectivity and immersive experiences. As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and optimize embedded firmware systems for AR, VR, and wearable devices while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and implement software components at all layers of the system, including kernel, synchronization primitives, resource allocators, memory management, security, I/O systems, persistence, etc

Develop drivers and services that operate efficiently in constrained environments and deliver large volumes of data with low-latency and high-bandwidth

Lead hardware bring-up, peripheral drivers and communication, silicon integration, and power and performance management and optimization efforts

Debug complex, system-level, multi-component issues that span multiple layers from kernel to application

Profile performance problems and drive optimizations across the entire software stack

Analyze, design, develop, and debug firmware for a wide variety of devices, including novel sensing and imaging systems, haptic devices, and audio prototypes

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including silicon architects, hardware designers, OS team, and algorithm and model development teams

Understand and implement power-management, boot loaders, scheduling, inter-processor communication, computer vision, and firmware/system interfaces on RTOS and/or bare-metal environments

Design, develop, and architect models and infrastructure building blocks of Virtual Platforms, integrating internal models and vendor IP models

Qualification

Embedded software developmentC/C++ programmingDevice driversConnectivity protocolsPower managementReal Time Operating SystemsComputer visionMachine learningCollaboration skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

5+ years software development experience in industry settings or PhD with 2+ years of experience

3+ years embedded software development experience in industry settings

Experience in large-scale C/C++ code base

Demonstrated experience working across disciplines to drive optimal solutions

Preferred

Experience with embedded DSP, CPU, and GPU architectures

Hands-on coding experience with peripherals such as UART, SPI, CSI-2, i2c, GPIO, USB

Experience with compression, camera and video pipelines, or encoding technologies such as H.264

Experience with wireless and wired communication protocols, TCP/IP, Ethernet, Bluetooth and 802.11

Experience with silicon, device manufacturing, and low-power SoCs

Experience with lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, logic/protocol analyzers for debugging embedded systems at HW level

Experience with active power management or power optimizations

Experience with prototyping or pre-silicon environments (FPGAs, simulation, or emulation)

Experience developing with modern Real Time Operating Systems

Experience working with embedded hardware platforms and exposure to concepts such as clock-level issues, interrupts, and polling

Experience across topics including computer graphics, computer vision, or machine learning

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